Merry Wives of Windsor

Synopsis

A significant character in Shakespeare’s history plays, Falstaff takes centre stage - getting up to mischief and chasing potential loves in the "Merry Wives of Windsor". In this lecture, Professor Emma Smith asks, "Why Windsor?"

Series

Approaching Shakespeare

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

2017

Notes

Approaching Shakespeare is a series of online lectures where of Shakespeare’s plays is explored by answering a key question about it.

Subjects

Women’s studies; Shakespeare

Keywords

marriage; Falstaff

Online availability

URI

http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/merry-wives-windsor

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

Emma Smith

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University of Oxford Podcasts

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