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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The Merry Wives of Windsor (stage) 1

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bardolph → appearsIn → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
Mistress Quickly → appearsIn → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
Sir John Falstaff → appearsIn → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap → locatedInWork → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Merry Wives of Windsor (stage)