Great Performances · SEASON 49
Merry Wives
Episode 28 · 2022-05-20
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
Episode overview
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
110 minutes
Season 49 episodes
1. Yannick – An Artist’s Journey2021-09-03
2. Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/112021-09-11
3. The Red Shoes2021-09-17
4. Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert2021-10-01
5. Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles2021-10-08
6. Now Hear This "Beethoven's Ghost"2021-10-29
7. Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert2021-11-05
8. A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood2021-11-12
9. San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night2021-11-19
10. Coppelia2021-11-26
12. Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole2021-11-27
13. Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert2021-12-03
14. Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala2021-12-31
15. From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20222022-01-01
16. Reopening: The Broadway Revival2022-01-18
17. Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov2022-02-06
18. Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice2022-03-06
19. Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine2022-03-18
20. The Conductor2022-03-25
21. Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones2022-04-01
22. Now Hear This "Amy Beach - American Romantic"2022-04-08
23. Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"2022-04-15
24. Now Hear This "Aaron Copland - Dean of American Music"2022-04-22
25. Now Hear This "New American Voices"2022-04-29
26. Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella2022-05-08
27. Anything Goes2022-05-13
28. Merry Wives2022-05-20
29. Keeping Company with Sondheim2022-05-27
30. Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto2022-06-17
31. Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos2022-07-03
32. Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos2022-08-07
33. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20222022-08-26
34. Great Performances at the Met: Turandot2022-09-04
