Saturday Review | The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The last in the present series of the journal of the arts and media presented by Russell Davies. Russell Davies introduces a clip from the Royal Shakespeare Company's Merry Wives of Windsor at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, which is updated to a 1950s setting and includes a humorous 'hair drier' scene.
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Shakespeare In Perspective | The Merry Wives of Windsor
Journalist Jilly Cooper presents a personal view of the play The Merry Wives of Windsor which she regards as 'a sort of Elizabethan Mrs Dale 's Diary.'
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The BBC Television Shakespeare | The Merry Wives of Windsor
A 1982 BBC production of Shakespeare's classic play. This was broadcast as part of the 37-play BBC Television Shakespeare project.