The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of WIndsor (1602) is one of Shakespeare's laugh-out-loud funniest plays, dependent upon the degree of brilliance by the actor playing Sir John Falstaff. He tries to seduce Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page simultaneously, and the delightful wordplay exchanges expose his lecherous buffoonery. The ladies get the best of him, and how.

Johann Heinrich Füssli, Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1850s

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae

ACT I - Scene I

ACT I - Scene II

ACT I - Scene III

ACT I - Scene IV

ACT II - Scene I

ACT II - Scene II

ACT II - Scene III

ACT III - Scene I

ACT III - Scene II

ACT III - Scene III

ACT III - Scene IV

ACT III - Scene V

ACT IV - Scene I

ACT IV - Scene II

ACT IV - Scene III

ACT IV - Scene IV

ACT IV - Scene V

ACT IV - Scene VI

ACT V - Scene I

ACT V - Scene II

ACT V - Scene III

ACT V - Scene IV

ACT V - Scene V

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