Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Shakespeare, William; Green, William; Barnet, Sylvan |
| Publisher: | Signet |
| Date: | 1/3/2006 |
| Binding: | Mass-market Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare’s comedy of love, jealousy, revenge, and merriment.
Disreputable Sir John Falstaff decides to seduce two wealthy married women to refill his dwindling coffers and soon finds himself outwitted by Mistress Ford and Mistress Page in this delightful, farcical comedy.
This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:
• An overview of William Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, William Green
• A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Dramatic criticism from Northrop Frye, mark Van Doren, Herbert Whittaker, and others
• A stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format
• Recommended readings
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