Article: 'Merry Wives' mans up

Article: REVIEWS; Merry wives of summer bring mirth to APT
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... production of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" that elevates that unremarkable ... libidos and appetites for easy wealth. Merry Wives' Sir John Falstaff is Shakespeare ... him the center of a romance. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" was the twisted result ...

Article: Money changes everything: quarto and folio The Merry ...
Comparative Drama;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...While countless stagings of The Merry Wives of Windsor have been set in a bucolic ... societal linchpin lies at the heart of Merry Wives, a play in which economic imperatives ... of Shakespeare's comedic oeuvre, Merry Wives is both an intriguing and important ...

Article: `MERRY WIVES' TRIES HARD, AND OFTEN SUCCEEDS.(Life ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 31, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... William Shakespeare's sitcom "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and you think, "This ... Tacoma Actors Guild production of "Merry Wives." Their labors are often successful ... laughs three times in one episode. "Merry Wives," first produced some 400 years ago ...

Article: Updated 'Merry Wives' blends Shakespeare with '50s ...
Daily Breeze;  July 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... history's first spin-off: "The Merry Wives of Windsor." This frothy little domestic ... Festival LA's new production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," which opened Saturday ... taping of that hit comedy series: "The Merry Wives of Windsor." And to reinforce the ...

Article: `Merry Wives' is Bard at his best.(Arts & ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... production of Shakespeare's comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a high-concept piece ... has it that Shakespeare dashed off "Merry Wives" in a fortnight simply because the ... dastardly sack guzzler falls twice in "Merry Wives," for Alice Ford (Elizabeth Aspenlieder ...

Article: `Merry Wives' is updated marriage of wit and ...
The Washington Times;  March 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... s light, bright updating of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," which opened last night ... Mr. Fish illuminate the themes of "Merry Wives," but the themes are wafer-thin ... one of the husbands of the titular merry wives. But even mentioning the two plays ...

Article: Shakespeare's past is their present: Festival organizers want ...
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Festival opens Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor on Friday night, audiences ... might have been like in 1597, when Merry Wives probably opened. But Helsinger, the ... century Elizabethan sense." That is, Merry Wives will begin with no trappings at all ...