The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare

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Overview

Set in the English town of Windsor, this play revolves around the antics of fictional character Sir John Falstaff and his attempts to seduce two housewives in order to access their husbands' fortunes. However, luck doesn't go his way and he is outsmarted and subjected to public ridicule. Falstaff is considered one of the Shakespeare's most famou

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781528705202
Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
Publication date: 05/30/2018
Series: Shakespeare Library
Pages: 153
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range: 5 - 17 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Dipika Guha was born in Calcutta and raised in India, Russia, and the United Kingdom. She is the inaugural recipient of the Shakespeare’s Sister Playwriting Fellowship, a Hodder Fellow at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton, and a Venturous Fellow with the Lark Play Development Center. Her plays include Yoga Play, I Enter the Valley, The Art of Gaman, and Unreliable. She is currently under commission from ACT and Z Space, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Barrington Stage, South Coast Rep, and MTC/Sloan.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

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Table of Contents

Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
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