Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare William
Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare William The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, created an archetypal literary figure in the shape of the devious, irrepressible…
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Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare William
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. 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; a facsimile of the first Quarto is included as an appendix. 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.
The commentary is exceptionally detailed and attentive to questions of language and The play's extensive performance history, both dramatic and operatic, is fully explored and discussed.This is a significant and substantive edition, in that nothing has been taken for granted, everything has been opened to reconsideration.