the merry wives of windsor

     

The Merry Wives of Winsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary English middle-class life. It has been adapted for the opera on numerous occasions.

Trivia about the merry wives of windsor

  • Shakespearean play featuring Falstaff & some "happy homemakers"
  • "Sir John, to Master Brook you yet shall hold your word, for he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford"
  • Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "merry" Shakespeare play
  • Falstaff's last line in this comedy is "When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased"
  • Mistress Ford & Mistress Page are the saucy spouses who trick & torment Falstaff in this comedy
  • Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "Merry" Shakespeare play
  • Verdi's "Falstaff" is based on Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays & this Shakespeare comedy
  • This Shakespeare play sounds like it’s about the better halves of George V & George VI
  • The story goes, Queen Elizabeth wanted to see Falstaff in love so Shakespeare quickly wrote this comedy
  • Those joyful schemers mistress Alice Ford & mistress Margaret Page
  • The title of this comedy refers to Mistress Ford & Mistress Page
  • What a farce:"Sir John in Love" & several called "Falstaff"
  • Yee-haw! Colonel John Falstaff goes a-wooing in "Lone Star Love", a musical that moves this comedy to Texas
  • "T.M.W.O.W."
  • When Mistress Page receives a love letter from Falstaff in this play, she asks, "How shall I be revenged on him?"

Found pages about the merry wives of windsor

Users that searched for the merry wives of windsor