Synopsis

Live sound recording of Terry Hands’ 1968 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Brewster Mason is Falstaff.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

7 Aug 1968

Credits

Director

Terry Hands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Guy Woolfenden

Cast

Brewster Mason	Sir John Falstaff
Brenda Bruce	Mistress Margaret Page
Elizabeth Spriggs	Mistress Alice Ford
Lila Kaye	Mistress Quickly
Ian Richardson	Frank Ford
Bill McGuirk	John Rugby
David Healy	Host of the Garter Inn
David Ludlow	William Page
Derek Smith	Doctor Caius
Don Henderson	Bardolph
Emrys James	Sir Hugh Evans
Gregg Palmer	Robert
Jeffery Dench	George Page
John Vaughan	Robin
Morgan Sheppard	Pistol
Peter Geddis	Abraham Slender
Roger Rees	Fenton
Stephan Chase	John
Sydney Bromley	Robert Shallow
Vanessa Miles	Anne Page
Walter Sparrow	Nim

Additional Details

Theatre

Aldwych Theatre, London

Theatre company

Royal Shakespeare Company

Production type

Other

Historical period

Elizabethan

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Press night 15 July 1968

Production Company

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

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