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Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor (DVD) | Opus Arte OA1353D

Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor (DVD)

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA1353D

Barcode: 0809478013532

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 22nd March 2024

Contents

Artists

Hedydd Dylan
Sarah Finigan
Bryony Hannah
Richard Katz
Joshua Lacey
Forbes Masson
Anne Odeke
Jude Owusu
Pearce Quigley
Anita Reynolds
Boadicea Ricketts
Dickon Tyrrell
Zack Wyatt

Works

Shakespeare, William

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Artists

Hedydd Dylan
Sarah Finigan
Bryony Hannah
Richard Katz
Joshua Lacey
Forbes Masson
Anne Odeke
Jude Owusu
Pearce Quigley
Anita Reynolds
Boadicea Ricketts
Dickon Tyrrell
Zack Wyatt

About

Shakespeare’s romantic comedy is transported to 1930s Britain at The Globe.

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 humour, 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 Olivier 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 Falstaff. The Windsor Locals appear courtesy of Soldiers’ Arts Academy, London Bubble and Clean Break.

Spoken in Shakespeare’s English.

“Jealousy and lechery divert the idle rich in Elle While’s production of the Shakespeare romcom” – The Guardian

“The 1930s setting proves more of a stylistic than thematic choice. Notably it allows for a lively jazz score (composed by Frank Moon), culminating in a joyous flapper jig. The production also pays homage to the silent-movie era as well as vaudeville, with the ‘fairy’ taunting of Falstaff proving a riot of colour.” – The Stage

“Like fighting fire with fire, the Globe has taken Shakespeare’s silliest comedy and made it even sillier... Pearce Quigley’s Falstaff is a dream.” – The Times

Cast:
- Sir Hugh Evans / Nym: Hedydd Dylan
- Mistress Page: Sarah Finigan
- Mistress Ford: Bryony Hannah
- Doctor Caius / Pistol: Richard Katz
- Abraham Slender / Robin: Joshua Lacey
- George Page: Forbes Mason
- Host / Peter Simple: Anne Odeke
- Frank Ford: Jude Owusu
- Sir John Falstaff: Pearce Quigley
- Mistress Quickly: Anita Reynolds
- Anne Page / John Rugby: Boadicea Ricketts
- Robert Shallow: Dikon Tyrrell
- Fenton / Bardolph: Zack Wyatt

Director: Elle While
Designer: Charlie Cridlan
Choreographer: Sasha Milavic Davies
Fight director: Philip d’Orléans
Composer: Frank Moon

Duration: 154 minutes
Audio: Stereo
Subtitles: EN
FSK: 0

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