Shakespeare For All

The Merry Wives of Windsor Part 3 - The Language

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Part 3 features close-readings of several significant speeches from Falstaff, Ford, and Mistress Page. We explore how the play creates its comedy, as well as how Shakespeare introduces an undertone of darkness in the sexual jealousy he would go on to explore in later tragedies.

Speeches and Performers:

  •  Mistress Page, Act 1, “What have I ’scaped love letters …” (Amanda Harris)
  • Master Ford, Act 2, “What a damned epicurean rascal …” (Adam Courting)
  • Falstaff, Act 3, “Have I lived to be carried in a basket …” (Stephen Leask)


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    Shakespeare For AllBy Maria Devlin McNair
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