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  • Published: 29 September 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141961538
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

The Merry Wives of Windsor





Part of the relaunch of the celebrated Penguin Shakespeare series - with a fresh new look and a wealth of new editorial material

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.

  • Published: 29 September 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141961538
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

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