Product Details

• Actors: Leon Charles, Gloria Grahame, Valerie Seelie-Snyder, Dixie Neyland Tymitz, Joel Asher
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000059XTT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,390 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - DVD Movie

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible!, June 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. 5 - The Merry Wives of Windsor (DVD)

This video was so bad that I could barely watch it. And the fact that I had paid over $..... for it made me even madder. Shakespeare is abused in this video! The acting is terrible. Probably the worst I have ever seen. I am a high school drama teacher, and I have 14 and 15 year olds who can act better than these so-called professional actors! The direction was horrible, too. They say that this was probably how Shakespeare was actually played in the 16th Century. Bull! If any acting company ever played him like this, they would have been out of business really soon. I feel sorry for people who watch this and think that this is what Shakespeare is about. Don't buy this video!

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware: Not "Shakespearian Drama of the Highest Quality", July 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. 5 - The Merry Wives of Windsor (DVD)

I was extrememly dissatisfied with the quality of the product, 'The Plays of William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor' on DVD . Despite the claim that this series is 'Shakespearian Drama of the Highest Quality", this DVD is an amateurish home video-translated production. The audio was unitelligible, large parts of the play were out of focus and the digital navigation was impossible to use. While none of this is the fault of Amazon, the end result is a little like selling a book with several chapters missing. I wouldn't give this product to a high school, let alone sell it for [price] to a good customer. I asked for my money back, and strongly recommended Amazon reevaluate its relationship with this company, Kultur.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespeare more accessible, February 22, 2002

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This review is from: The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. 5 - The Merry Wives of Windsor (DVD)

While it's not Olivier starring in this very accessible production, the acting is certainly better than adequate. Use of American actors makes Shakespeare a great deal easier to understand for US students, and the recreation of the original Globe sets adds authenticity. Kultur is to be congratulated for providing this DVD at a reasonable price when the school market isn't exactly welcoming the new format with open arms; one is certainly spared an infinite amount of winding backwards and forwards by the scene search function.