| The Merry Wives of Windsor Contributor(s): Mybook (Editor), Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1976562538 ISBN-13: 9781976562532 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Non-classifiable - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.30 lbs) 92 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The play is nominally set in the early 15th century, during the same period as the Henry IV plays featuring Falstaff, but there is only one brief reference to this period, a line in which the character Fenton is said to have been one of Prince Hal's rowdy friends (he "kept company with the wild prince and Poins"). In all other respects, the play implies a contemporary setting of the Elizabethan era, c. 1600. Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money. He decides, to obtain financial advantage, that he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters and asks his servants - Pistol and Nym - to deliver them to the wives. When they refuse, Falstaff sacks them, and, in revenge, the men tell Ford and Page (the husbands) of Falstaff's intentions. |