Merry Wives of Windsor

  • 1602 first published
  • 🎧 2 h 28 min free audiobook

William Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor (1602) is a classic romance novel.

A free LibriVox audiobook (2 h 28 min) is available.

About Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast: Anne Page, Mistress Page's daughter: Elizabeth Barr Bardolph, sharper attending on Falstaff: Alan Doctor Caius, a French physician: Marty Kris Falstaff: Mark F. Smith Fenton, a gentleman: Peter Bishop First Servant: Ted Garvin Ford, a gentleman dwelling at Windsor: Timothy Ferguson Host of the Garter Inn: TriciaG Hostess Quickly, hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap: Amy Gramour Mistress Ford: Elizabeth Klett Mistress Page: Arielle Lipshaw Nym, sharper attending on Falstaff: Skythrock Page, a gentleman dwelling at Windsor: Alan Pistol: Peter Bishop Robert Shallow, country Justice: Algy Pug Robin, page to Falstaff: Beth Thomas Rugby, servant to Doctor Caius: Dale Burgess Second Servant: Skythrock Servant: TriciaG Simple, servant to Slender: Sarah Holtz Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson: Matthew Reece Slender, cousin to Shallow: David Lawrence William Page, a boy, son to Page: Elizabeth Klett Narrator: Denny Sayers Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw
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Merry Wives of Windsor β€” LibriVox recording, 2 h 28 min in 24 sections.

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Who wrote Merry Wives of Windsor?

Merry Wives of Windsor was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1602.

What genre is Merry Wives of Windsor?

It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

Is there a free audiobook of Merry Wives of Windsor?

Yes β€” LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 2 h 28 min.

What books are similar to Merry Wives of Windsor?

Readers who like it often enjoy Middlemarch, The Blue Castle: a novel and Lorna Doone.

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