The Merry Wives of Windsor

Written around 1597, this comedy follows Sir John Falstaff in the English town of Windsor as he tries to repair his purse by sending the same love letters to two married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. The wives compare notes, lure him into traps involving a laundry basket and a disguise as Herne the Hunter, and enlist their husbands. Meanwhile Anne Page is sought by the foolish Slender, the French doctor Caius, and the young Fenton, whom she prefers. The play is a citizen comedy of jealousy and courtship, not a battlefield sequel to the history plays.

Series binding. Mottled grey slipcase.