{"product_id":"9780141396576-the-merry-wives-of-windsor","title":"The Merry Wives of Windsor","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare's comic encore for one of his best-loved characters - the rascally Falstaff from \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry V \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u003c\/i\u003e is edited by G.R. Hibbard with an introduction by Catherine Richardson in Penguin Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We'll leave a proof, by that which we will do,\u003cbr\u003eWives may be merry, and yet honest too'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebration of the all-conquering power of laughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u003c\/i\u003e, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It never yet had reader or spectator, who did not think it too soon at end'\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451326574966,"sku":"9780141396576","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34354321.jpg?v=1760461834","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141396576-the-merry-wives-of-windsor","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}