The BBC Television Shakespeare | The Merry Wives of Windsor

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.

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  • Type: Plays
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 02'47'00''
  • Broadcast date: 1982
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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The Merry Wives of Windsor | BBC Two | 1982

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.'
The Merry Wives of Windsor | BBC Two | 1985

Saturday Review | 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.