LEADER 01320ojm 2200277z- 450 001 9910148881803321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-742402-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923933 035 $a(BIP)032447299 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923933 100 $a20231107c2011uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aMerry Wives of Windsor 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aThe 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. 517 $aMerry Wives of Windsor, The 610 $aDrama 610 $aDrama (general) 676 $a822.3/3 700 $aShakespeare$b William$f1564-1616$0132200 702 $aQuayle$b Sir Anthony$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148881803321 996 $aMerry wives of Windsor$9138991 997 $aUNINA