The merry wives of Windsor
By: edited by T.W. Craik.
Contributors: Craik, T. W.
Series: The World's classics; The Oxford Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama; Married women -- Drama; Windsor (Berkshire, England) -- Drama
Description: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' was almost certainly required at short notice for a court occasion, the Garter Feast of 1597. In his introduction to this warm-hearted 'citizen comedy', T.W. Craik discusses the play's relationship to Shakespeare's English history plays and its textual background.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.