Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, The Merry Wives of Windsor has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge School Shakespeare .

There are 194 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Cambridge University Press .

Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.

This book has the following chapters: List of characters; The Merry Wives of Windsor; What is the play about?; The world of the play; Falstaff; The Merry Wives; Characters; The language of the play; Shakespeare finds his story; Critics' forum; Staging The Merry Wives of Windsor; William Shakespeare.