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The Merry Wives of Windsor Quotes
635 words, approx. 2 pages
 The Merry Wives of Windsor is one of Shakespeare 's comedies. It deals with the misadventures of Sir John Falstaff and of other characters first seen in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 . Contents 1 Act I 2 Act II 3 Act III 4 Act IV 5 Act V 6 External links //...


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| Name: |
William Shakespeare | | Birth Date: |
April 23, 1564 | | Death Date: |
April 23, 1616 | | Place of Birth: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Place of Death: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
 "He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
 "He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
 William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...



Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Merry Wives of Windsor, The
584 words, approx. 2 pages comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime between 1597 and 1601 (probably near the earlier of these dates), that centres on the comic romantic misadventures of Falstaff. The Merry Wives of Windsor was published in a quarto edition in...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor Information
2,705 words, approx. 9 pages
 The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the fat knight Sir John Falstaff and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary English...




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 Shakespeare Bulletin
The Merry Wives of Windsor.(Theater Review)
06/22/2005: 932 words, approx. 3 pages The Merry Wives of Windsor Presented by The Theater at Monmouth as a touring production. January 14-February 12, 2005. Directed by Bill Van Horn. Producing director, David Greenham. Music director, Rosalea Kimball. Designed by John Story. Production Stage Manager, Tom Misner. Tech...
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 Monarch Notes
Comedies of William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
01/01/1963: 1,288 words, approx. 4 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critic: Ranald, Margaret Affiliation: Department Of English, Queens College The Merry Wives Of Windsor The Play: The Merry Wives of Windsor, an offshoot from the historical play, Henry IV, has an interesting legend. In the eighteenth century, it was said that...
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 AP Features
Plays dominate Broadway's fall season
9/7/2007: 1,798 words, approx. 6 pages A monster and a mermaid would seem to have the new musical market cornered on Broadway this fall, but it is plays rather than musicals that _ surprisingly _ are dominating the first half of the season."The lineup of production for the fall season should...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Wendy Wall
15,267 words, approx. 51 pages
 In the following excerpt, Wall studies the relationship between the play's treatment of fairylore and Elizabethan conceptions of social order.
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Critical Essay by Edward Berry
12,949 words, approx. 43 pages
 In the essay below, Berry maintains that the Falstaff of the Henry IV plays is linked to the Falstaff of Merry Wives of Windsor through the issues of poaching and social rebellion. Berry explores Falstaff's role within The Merry Wives of Windsor, demonstrating the ways in which Falstaff, as a poacher and a fallen knight, poses a threat to society and emphasizes the conflict between the court and the Windsor bourgeois society.
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