Book 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.
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright of the 16th
and 17 centuries, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the word's pre-eminent dramatist.
