Merry Wives of Windsor (version 2)

By William Shakespeare · Running time 02:52:12 · Comedy

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After the character’s colorful exploits proved a rousing success in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 , William Shakespeare brought back the roguish knight Sir John Falstaff for one last adventure in The Merry Wives of Windsor , which is notable for being the only play he wrote that is set in his contemporary Elizabethan England. While sojourning in Windsor with his miscreant retinue, Falstaff devises a new get-rich-quick scheme by trying to woo two wealthy merchant wives, the Mistresses Page and Ford. His fatal mistake? Sending both women identical love letters! When his ruse is discovere

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