The merry wives of Windsor

Resource Information

The work The merry wives of Windsor represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The merry wives of Windsor

Statement of responsibility

by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by David Jones

Contributor

• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
• Time-Life Television
• Davis, Judy, 1956-
• Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013
• Jones, David, 1934-2008
• Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
• Scales, Prunella
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Sutton, Shaun
• Ambrose Video Publishing

Subject

• Comedy films
• English drama (Comedy) -- Television adaptations
• Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Feature films
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations
• Television adaptations
• Television plays
• Television programs -- Great Britain

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Television adaptations
• Television plays
• Comedy films

Language

eng

Summary

Sir John Falstaff, knowing that Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page control the money in their respective households, decides to seduce them, but they learn of his scheme and resolve to make a fool of him. A comic series of disguises and misadventures follows. This program views the Merry wives of Windsor as Shakespeare's attack on middle class propriety and hypocrisy. He challenges the belief that fidelity is mere lip service and a result of arranged, loveless marriages

Member of

• Shakespeare plays

Cataloging source

IAD

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Senior cameraman, David Mutton ; music composed and conducted by Dominic Muldowney ; videotape editor, Dennis Collett

Date time place

Taped Nov. 1-8, 1982 at the BBC Television studios in London

PerformerNote

Alan Bennett (Justice Shallow), Richard O'Callaghan (Slender), Tenniel Evans (Sir Hugh Evans), Bryan Marshall (George Page), Richard Griffiths (Sir John Falstaff), Gordon Gostelow (Bardolph), Nigel Terry (Pistol), Michael Robbins (Nym), Miranda Foster (Anne Page), Judy Davis (Mistress Ford), Prunella Scales (Mistress Page), Ron Cook (Peter Simple), Michael Graham Cox (Host of the Garter Inn), Lee Whitlock (Robin), Elizabeth Spriggs (Mistress Quickly), John Joyce (John Rugby), Michael Bryant (Doctor Caius), Simon Chandler (Fenton), Ben Kingsley (Frank Ford), Ralph Brown (John), Peter Gordon (Robert), Crispin Mair (William Page), Harvey Brown (Child/Fairy), Kerry Cavalli (Child/Fairy), Adam Cooper (Child/Fairy), Helen Grey (Child/Fairy), Simon Kemp (Child/Fairy), Wayne Phelan (Child/Fairy), Tony Young (Child/Fairy)

Runtime

167

Series statement

Shakespeare plays

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action