The Merry Wives of Windsor (Penguin Shakespeare) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141016477 ISBN 13: 9780141016474

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0141016477
• ISBN 13: 9780141016474
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Hibbard G. R., Richardson Catherine