The Merry Wives of Windsor

By William Shakespeare

Internet Shakespeare Editions

University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Published 2005, updated 2005-11-15

Coordinating Editor: Michael Best

Research Assistants: Alan Galey, Drew Mildon, Beth Norris

This text was prepared for the Internet Shakespeare Editions in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, under the direction of Michael Best; it has been checked electronically with the text from the Oxford Text Archive and proofread carefully by our research assistant(s) but has not yet been fully edited.

Copyright Internet Shakespeare Editions. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Coordinating Editor.

The Texts

• The Merry Wives of Windsor (Folio 1, 1623)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (Quarto 1, 1602)

Statistics about the text
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Facsimiles

• First Folio (1623) from Brandeis University Library
• First Folio (1623) from State Library of New South Wales
• Second Folio (1632) from State Library of New South Wales
• Third Folio (1664) from State Library of New South Wales
• Fourth Folio (1685) from State Library of New South Wales

Performances

• A Mad World, My Masters (2012, American Shakespeare Center, USA)
• A Mad World, My Masters (2012, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011, Stratford Festival of Canada, Canada)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, USA)
• A Reading of The Merry Wives of Prescott (2009, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Canada)
• Falstaff (2008, Welsh National Opera, UK)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2007, Shakespeare by the Sea - Sydney, Australia)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2007, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2006, Shakespeare and Company, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2006, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2005, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
• Shakespeare's Comic Olympics (2004, Upstart Crow Theatre Group, Canada)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2004, Bard on the Beach, Canada)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2004, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2004, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2003, Marin Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2003, Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax, Canada)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2002, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, USA)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (2002, Brentwood Shakespeare Company, UK)
• 32 more performances…

Artifacts

Performance Materials

• audio artifacts (5 artifacts)
• costume design artifacts (1 collection)
• magazine artifacts (3 collections)
• newsletter artifacts (1 artifact)
• pamphlet artifacts (5 collections, 7 artifacts)
• photograph artifacts (1 artifact)
• postcard artifacts (1 collection)
• poster artifacts (2 artifacts)
• press release artifacts (1 collection, 2 artifacts)
• production notes artifacts (3 collections)
• production still artifacts (39 artifacts)
• program artifacts (22 collections)
• prompt book artifacts (2 collections)
• review artifacts (1 collection, 3 artifacts)