"The "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Hardback Book

"The "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Hardback

Edited by Giorgio Melchiori

Part of the Arden Shakespeare.Third Series series

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"The Merry Wives of Windsor", Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, created an archetypal literary figure in the shape of the devious, irrepressible John Falstaff.

This stimulating new edition celebrates the play as a joyous exploration of language, but also places elements of its plot firmly in a continental, specifically Italian, tradition of romantic comedy.

It draws out the complexities of Merry Wives as a multi-plot play, and takes a fresh and challenging look at both textual and dating issues.

The play's extensive performance history, both dramatic and operatic, is fully explored and discussed.

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