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The merry wives of Windsor [videorecording (DVD)] / by William Shakespeare.

Opus Arte, 2022.

DVD 822.33 P5w Perf

English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- Film adaptations.

Married women -- Drama.

Nineteen thirties -- Drama.

Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Drama.

Alternate title:

William Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (139 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Program content : Shakespeare Globe Trust, under exclusive license to Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd., 2019.

Extra feature: Cast gallery.

Recorded at Shakespeare's Globe, London, June 20, 2019.

Spoken in Shakespeare's English with English subtitles.

William Shakespeare ; directed for the stage by Elle While ; directed for the screen by Ian Russell ; a Shakespeare's Globe production.

Pearce Quigley, Sir John Falstaff ; Sarah Finigan, Mistress Page ; Bryony Hannah, Mistress Ford ; with various other performers.

"Double meanings, disguises, and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of their own at Falstaff's expense. The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land. Drawing influences from British 1930s fashion, music, and dance, this production celebrates women, the power and beauty of nature, and with its witty mix of verbal and physical humor, rejoices in a tradition that reaches right down to the contemporary English sitcom. Directed by Elle While (Hamlet, As You Like It), this production stars Oliver Award-nominated Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife, The Children's Hour) as Mistress Ford, Sarah Finigan (Suffragette, Upstart Crow, Globe on Tour) as Mistress Page, and Pearce Quigley (Detectorists, Hamlet, As You Like It) as Falstsaff. The Windsor Locals appear courtesy of Soldiers' Arts Academy, London Bubble and Clean Break."--Container.

Filmed performances.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.

Russell, Ian (Ian Alexander)

Quigley, Pearce.

Finigan, Sarah.

Hannah, Bryony.

Globe Theatre (London, England : 1996- )

Opus Arte (Firm)

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