MERRY WIVES @ HOME

MERRY WIVES @ Home On Demand Streaming May 17 - June 30

Free Shakespeare @ Home

On Demand Streaming of Free Shakespeare in the Park productions.

This summer, throughout May and June everyone will have free access to stream The Public’s Free Shakespeare in the Park productions of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2019), MERRY WIVES (2021), RICHARD III (2022), and the premiere of HAMLET (2023), recorded live from The Delacorte Theater in Central Park by THIRTEEN for Great Performances on PBS.

Click the "Register to Receive More Information" button, sign up, and you’ll receive updates and viewing links once they become available starting in May.

Streaming Schedule:

May 3-June 30: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Click here to learn more!)
May 10-June 30: HAMLET (Click here to learn more!)
May 17-June 30: MERRY WIVES
May 24-June 30: RICHARD III (Click here to learn more!)

We are deeply grateful for the multi-year partnership with THIRTEEN and Great Performances on PBS.

PRODUCTION DETAILS.

MERRY WIVES
By William Shakespeare
Adapted by Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by Saheem Ali

MERRY WIVES, a fresh and joyous adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by our Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali.

Set in South Harlem, amidst a vibrant and eclectic community of West African immigrants, MERRY WIVES is a New York story about tricks of the heart, performed in the heart of the City—Central Park’s magical Delacorte Theater. A raucous spinoff featuring the Bard’s most beloved comic characters, this hilarious farce tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a new celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality.