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.
title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
titlecomplete: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
characters: Robert Shallow, Host of the Garter Inn, John Rugby, Doctor Caius, Mistress Margaret (Meg) Page, Corporal Nim, Mistress Alice Ford, Parson Hugh Evans, Anne (Nan) Page, Robin, Page to Falstaff, George Page, Abraham Slender, Peter Simple, Sir John Falstaff, William Page, Fenton, Mistress Nell Quickly, Robert, servant in the Ford household, Ancient Pistol, John, servant in the Ford household, Bardolph, Frank Ford
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, British Literature, Drama, Comedy, Literature, Poetry
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