Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1996 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Directed by David Thacker with Benjamin Whitrow as Falstaff.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 21 Jan 1993
- Duration
- 160 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Thacker
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Guy Woolfenden
- Production Design
- William Dudley
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Children played by Jessica Eastgate, Lucy Field, Gregory Finnhuala, Ivor Hill, Eleanor Jacobs, Rosamond Jacobs, Helen Marsh, Karl Martinez, Anthony Mitchell, Nicola Reed, James Roberts, Alex Slocombe, Billy Slocombe, Richard Storry, Abby Williams.
Citizens played by Geoffrey Abbott, Emma Gregory, Susie Lee Hayward, Stephanie Jacob, Colin Starkey, Angela Vale. - Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- Holland, Peter Shakespeare Survey 46 (1994), pp159-89 (esp 180-1)
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Merry Wives of Windsor, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66332 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)