The Merry Wives Of Windsor: The Plays Of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's timeless comedy of lovers' seductions, fanciful deceits and marital fidelity

Unfamiliar English accents, so prevalent in most Shakespearean production, are absent from this series.English and drama teachers, as well as the typical playgoer, will find this feature of tremendous value.Shakespeare's own language is preserved; clarity of both language and story is achieved.

Sir John Falstaff, a roguish seducer, plots to entice potentially unfaithful wives and then live off them.Falstaff writes identical love letters to both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford.

Falstaff's intentions are discovered.The wives plot to teach him a lesson while Mistress Ford's husband uses the opportunity to test his wife's fidelity.

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