num_pages: 272
description: In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebration of the all-conquering power of laughter.This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and the Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Merry Wives of Windsor, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.
language: English
title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
titlecomplete: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
characters: Frank Ford, Peter Simple, Ancient Pistol, Fenton, Bardolph, Robert Shallow, Host of the Garter Inn, Robin, Page to Falstaff, Robert, servant in the Ford household, Doctor Caius, Mistress Nell Quickly, Sir John Falstaff, John, servant in the Ford household, Mistress Margaret (Meg) Page, John Rugby, Anne (Nan) Page, Parson Hugh Evans, William Page, Abraham Slender, Corporal Nim, George Page, Mistress Alice Ford
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Comedy, British Literature, Plays, Humor, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 12844
publisher: Oxford University Press