The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Shakespearean comedy comedy play stage work

The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that follows the humorous misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by two clever married women in the English town of Windsor.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
The Merry Wives of Windsor canonical	31
Act 1 of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act 4 of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act I of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act III of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Act V of The Merry Wives of Windsor	1
Sir John Falstaff (stage play)	1
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare play)	1
The Merry Wives of Windsor (stage)	1
adventures of Falstaff in Windsor	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shakespearean comedy ⓘ comedy ⓘ play ⓘ stage work ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare ⓘ
character	Anne Page ⓘ Bardolph ⓘ Doctor Caius ⓘ Fenton ⓘ Ford ⓘ Host of the Garter Inn ⓘ Mistress Ford ⓘ Mistress Page ⓘ Nym ⓘ Page ⓘ Pistol ⓘ Rugby ⓘ Shallow ⓘ Simple ⓘ Sir Hugh Evans ⓘ Slender ⓘ
countryOfSetting	England ⓘ
dramaticForm	prose and verse ⓘ
dramaticStructure	five acts ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Mistress Ford ⓘ Mistress Page ⓘ Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
featuresLocation	Garter Inn ⓘ
featuresMotif	disguises ⓘ letters ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	England ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) ⓘ surface form: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Verdi opera Falstaff, partial) The Merry Wives of Windsor (film adaptations) ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryTradition	Elizabethan theatre ⓘ
mainCharacter	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
partOf	works of William Shakespeare ⓘ surface form: Shakespearean canon
plotSummary	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ surface form: Sir John Falstaff attempts to court two married women for financial gain and is repeatedly humiliated when they outwit him.
setting	Windsor ⓘ
theme	deception ⓘ female agency ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marriage ⓘ revenge ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ social class ⓘ
timeOfSetting	English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan era

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