The first sketch of Shakespeare"s Merry wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare

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Published 1842 by Printed for the Shakespeare Society in London .
Written in English

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Edition Notes

Statement	edited by James Orchard Halliwell.
Contributions	Halliwell, J. O., Shakespeare Society.
The Physical Object
Pagination	xxxii,141p. ;
Number of Pages	141
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL14568236M

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The Merry Wives of Windsor Characters. Sir John Falstaff. Host of the Garter Inn is a rather merry innkeeper who is incapable of saying anything simply and likes showing off how many words he knows. The First Servant (John) works for the Fords. Justice Shallow, Master Slender, and Sir Hugh Evans enter, discussing Shallow's anger at Sir John Falstaff. Evans changes the topic to the young Anne Page, whom he would like to see Slender marry. They arrive at Master Page's door, where Shallow confronts Falstaff and his entourage. The men enter to dine, but Slender drifts around outside. Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, created an archetypal literary figure in the shape of the devious, irrepressible John Falstaff. This edition celebrates the play as a joyous exploration of language, but also places elements of its plot firmly in a continental, specifically Italian, tradition of romantic ed on: J

Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb in The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to the young. Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them.   Buy The Merry Wives of Windsor (Penguin Shakespeare) UK ed. by Shakespeare, William, Richardson, Catherine, Richardson, Catherine (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders/5(2). Shakespeare's Sources for The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor ranks next after Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest among Shakespeare's plays, as owing least to any definite sources for its plot. It is a comedy of contemporary manners, and most of its details seem to be original with Shakespeare.