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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Title	The Merry Wives of Windsor
Composition Date	1598
Year First Published	1602
Genres	comedy
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Productions connected to The Merry Wives of Windsor

Title	Year	Creator	Country	Type	Connection
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2016	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2016	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2014	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	performance
She Stoops to Conquer	2013	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	analog
The Country Wife	2013	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	analog
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2013	Victoria Shakespeare Society	Canada	stage	performance
A Mad World, My Masters	2012	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	analog
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2012	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2012	Utah Shakespearean Festival	USA	stage	performance
Merry Wives of Windsor	2011	Annapolis Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2011	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2011	Annapolis Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2011	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
A Reading of The Merry Wives of Prescott	2009	St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival	Canada	stage	adaptation
Falstaff	2008	Welsh National Opera	UK	stage	opera
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2007	Shakespeare by the Sea - Sydney	Australia	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2007	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2006	Shakespeare and Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2006	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2005	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Shakespeare's Comic Olympics	2004	Upstart Crow Theatre Group	Canada	stage	adaptation
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2004	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2004	Nebraska Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2004	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2003	Marin Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2003	Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2002	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2002	Brentwood Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	2001	Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan	Canada	stage	performance
Merry Wives of Windsor	2000	Jason Smeraka	Canada	recorded	reading(s)
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1999	Shakespeare Theatre Company	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1999	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Verdi's Falstaff	1998	Jean-Pierre Ponnelle	UK	recorded	opera
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1995	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1994	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1994	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1993	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1990	Nebraska Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1990	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1990	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1985	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Falstaff	1984	John Pritchard	GB	recorded	opera
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1983	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1982	David Jones	GB	recorded	teleplay
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1982	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1980	Richard E. T. White	USA	recorded	recording
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1979	Jack Manning	USA	recorded	recording
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1979	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1978	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1973	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1967	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Campanadas a medianoche/Falstaff/Chimes at Midnight	1966	Angelo Francesco Lavignino	International	recorded	adaptation
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1966	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor	1965	Georg Tressler	Austria	recorded	opera
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1963	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1956	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1955	Glen Byam Shaw	GB	recorded	recording
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1954		USA	recorded	scene(s)
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1952	Julian Amyes	GB	recorded	teleplay
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor	1950	George Wildhagen	Germany	recorded	opera
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1937		GB	recorded	teleplay
Die lustigen Weiber	1935	Carl Hoffmann	Germany	recorded	adaptation
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor	1929	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Germany	stage	performance
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor	1917	William Wauer	Germany	recorded	musical
Falstaff	1911	Henri Desfontaines	France	recorded	abridgment
The Merry Wives of Windsor	1910	William Selig	USA	recorded	abridgment

Characters

Sir John Falstaff
Fenton (A young gentleman)
Justice Robert Shallow (A country justice)
Abraham Slender (Cousin to Shallow)
Francis Ford (Gentleman of Windsor)
George Page (Gentleman of Windsor)
William Page (A boy, son to Page)
Sir Hugh Evans (A Welsh parson)
Doctor Caius (A French physician)
Host (Of the Garter Inn)
Bardolph (Follower of Falstaff)
Pistol (Follower of Falstaff)
Nym (Follower of Falstaff)
Robin (Page to Falstaff)
Peter Simple (Servant to Slender)
John Rugby (Servant to Doctor Caius)
Alice Ford (A Wife of Windsor)
Mistress Margaret Page (A Wife of Windsor)
Anne Page (Daughter to Mistress Page, in love with Fenton)
Mistress Quickly (Servant to Doctor Caius)
John (Servant to the Fords)
Servant (To Page, Ford, etc.)

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