The Merry Wives of Windsor


Guide Note:The Merry Wives of Windsor is a classic comedy by William Shakespeare.

Fast Facts:

  1. Written: ca 1599
  2. Primary source: Il Pecorone - Ser Giovanni Fiorentino
  3. Entered into Stationers' Register: January 18, 1602
  4. Believed to have been commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I
  5. First performance: November 4, 1604 - Whitehall Palace
  6. Ran for 24 performances on Broadway in 1917 and 1928
  7. Main Characters:
    1. Sir John Falstaff
    2. Mistress Ford
    3. Mistress Page
    4. Mistress Anne Page
    5. Mistress Quickly
  8. Famous Quotes:
    1. She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman. 1.1
    2. Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. 1.4
    3. If money go before, all ways do lie open. 2.2
    4. This is the short and the long of it. 2.2
    5. There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. 5.1

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  3. University of Basel: The Merry Wives of Windsor  Crystal - Huge resource listing
  4. Folger Shakespeare Library: The Merry Wives of Windsor Crystal - women ahead of their time!
  5. British Library: Shakespeare in quarto: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  6. Shakespeare and the Players: The Merry Wives of Windsor Photographic Postcards
  7. Project Gutenberg: The Merry Wives of Windsor Downloadable Full Text

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