Episode 170: 

The dating of the play

The tradition of the queen Elizabeth commission

The tradition of the connection to the Garter Ceremony

The Question of who played Falstaff

A summary of the plot

The early publication history of the play in short quarto editions

The sources for the play

The very specific location of the play

The character of Falstaff

The way the dominating prose of the play is used to define characters

The change in Mistress Quickly and her use of language

The stereotypical comedy of foreigners in Dr Caius and Parson Evans

Was the play written for one audience, but then changed to fit another?

The play as a city comedy and how Shakespeare subverts the genre

The influence of Queen Elizabeth’s position as a female ruler on the play

The later performance history of the play

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