01320ojm 2200277z- 450 991014888180332120230912161814.00-00-742402-7(CKB)3710000000923933(BIP)032447299(EXLCZ)99371000000092393320231107c2011uuuu -u- -engMerry Wives of WindsorHarperCollins UKThe Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597.The Merry Wives of Windsor features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.The play anachronistically places Sir John Falstaff, who had previously appeared in Shakespeare's plays about the medieval King Henry IV and set circa 1400, in the contemporary setting of the Elizabethan era, circa 1600.Merry Wives of Windsor, The DramaDrama (general)822.3/3Shakespeare William1564-1616132200Quayle Sir AnthonyothAUDIO9910148881803321Merry wives of Windsor138991UNINA