Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die

Alternative title: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Synopsis: An all-male production of The Merry Wives of Windsor performed by the Bremer Shakespeare Company. The stage production was filmed for German television. Directed by Pit Holzwarth with Norbert Kentrup as Falstaff.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 29 Feb 1992 (Channel: Radio Bremen)
Duration: 140 mins

Theatre: Bremer Theatre
Theatre company: Bremer Shakespeare Company
Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Historical period: 1920s
Plays: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts; Doubling of roles

General: `This production is cast with five males only. It entails ingenious quick changes - going off as one character coming back as another ... The piece was presented in modern costume, with an emphasis on the Twenties. The drag - frocks but with the men’s own hairstyles - steered clear of both camp and the pantomime dame". {Martin Hoyle, Times 27.4.93}
History: Produced by the Bremer Shakespeare Company at the Theatre aus Bremen in 1991. The production played at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (still a building site) opening 23 April 1993.
Stills: Stills from the performance at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre can be seen on the Performing Arts Collection website - http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11632
Textual information: Translated into German by Chris Alexander.
Reviews: "This production is cast with five males only. It entails ingenious quick changes - going off as one character coming back as another...The piece was presented in modern costume, with an emphasis on the Twenties. The drag - frocks but with the mens own hairstyles - steered clear of both camp and the pantomime dame, though the sagging bosom and throaty Renato Grunig’s Mistress Quickly was fairly broad and Christian Dieterle’s glamourous Alice Ford in gold evening dress and purple scarf looked like something out of Cabaret." Martin Hoyle, The Times, 27 April 1993.

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