Elentarri's Reviews > The Merry Wives of Windsor

Tradition has it that The Merry Wives of Windsor was written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I. After watching Henry IV Part I, she asked Shakespeare to write a play depicting Falstaff in love. Shakespeare didn't really manage a Falstaff in love play unless we take it to mean Falstaff in love with money. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a Shakespearean comedy that I actually found funny. With two sensible married women that decide to play pranks on Falstaff of the 'Dubious Honour and Suspect Morals' to teach him a lesson, this play is a cut above the other comedies where the women are all silly and the audience has to suspend disbelief.