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The Merry Wives of Windsor & Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor & Measure for Measure

Hardcover (Throne Classics Aug. 29, 2019)

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. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.

Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays.

The play deals with the issues of mercy, justice, truth and their relationship to pride and humility: "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall"

Series
Throne Classics
ISBN
9353835275 / 9789353835279
Pages
334
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.9 in.

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