SHAKESPEARE

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1978 Television)

aka: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Director

Richard Carter (2); Frank Galati

Otto Nicolai’s opera with Eugene Johnson as Falstaff. The production was designed for stage by Frank Galati and for television by Richard Carter. The Chicago Opera Theatre is conducted by Robert Frisbie.

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1978 Radio)

Series

Monday Play, The

Producer

Dickon Reed

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and directed by Dickon Reed, starring Brewster Mason as Falstaff, Sheila Hancock as Mistress Ford and Maxine Audley as Mistress Page.

Falstaff (1976 Video)

Director

Dave Heather; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff taped at a performance by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard. Donald Gramm is Falstaff.

Vesele Windsorske Panicky (1973 Television, Video)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Evzen Sokolovsky

A video recording of Evzen Sokolovsky’s 1973 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor for the E.F. Buriana, Orague.

Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1970 Television)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Alexander Golling

A production, for German television, of The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Alexander Golling with Golling playing the role of Falstaff.

Joyeuses Commères de Windsor, Les (1970 Television)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Series

Au Théâtre Ce Soir

Director

Pierre Sabbagh; Jacques Fabbri

Production for French television of Jacques Fabbri’s staging of The Merry Wives of Windsor and directed for television by Pierre Sabbagh. Jacques Fabbri is Falstaff.

Falstaff (Abridged Version) (1968 Television)

Director

Richard Carter (2); Robert Gay

An abridged version of Verdi’s opera. Hugo Vianello conducts the Northwestern University Opera Workshop Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. The production was directed for stage by Robert Gay and for television...

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1968 Audio)

Director

Terry Hands

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

Falstaff (1967 Radio)

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Falstaff with Ezio Flagello in the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Bruno Amaducci. Milton...

Campanadas a Medianoche (1966 Film)

aka: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

Director

Orson Welles

Producer

Emiliano Piedra

The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...