The Wanton Wives of Windsor Part 1: Healing Parson Bideford’s Wife Audiobook

" I made a resolution this year to read all of Shakespeare's plays. So far, as of March, this is all I've read. All in all, it's fun and baudy, if a bit strange and hackneyed. "

" I went and saw the play. I thought it was very funny at some parts but it was also a very long and exagerated play. I thought that the big guy who played in it was very funny! Also that the old woman in it had alot of funny parts. The ending was a little strange and sometimes it was hard to keep with what exactly was going on, but all in all it was a good play. "

" A quick, fun comedy with notably silly characters. "

" I may like it better on another reading--I miss most of the puns on first readings. My first impression is that it reads like Abbot and Costello. "

" It has its funny moments with the corpulent Sir John Falstaff and his escapades with Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. This is more entertaining than the side story with Anne Page and her suitors (though Shallow and Slender are both fun characters). I tend to prefer Shakespearean dramas over comedies. "

" Not my favourite Shakespeare play as it lacks the depth of the the tragedies or even some of the other comedies, but it is great fun. I would love to see this performed someday. "

" Hilarious! Falstaff is such a funny character, but he definitely deserved the tricks played on him in this play. Also, the female characters are the only non-ridiculous ones in the entire play (with the exception of Mistress Quickly). They are the brains of all the schemes against Falstaff and make even their husbands look completely silly. Lots of fun! "

" This play is to Henry IV Parts I and II what Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is to The Andy Griffith Show. "

" Very funny, even by today's standards. "

" A good mix of romantic comedy, farce and the thing that looms on the horizon for Shakespeare, the problem play ... though at best this one only hints at Measure for Measure or All's Well. Falstaff is always worth a read. "

" OK not great. "

" Not my favorite Shakespearean comedy, but a fun read nonetheless. This is one that would probably be more entertaining as a theatrial production rather than just reading it. I love the strong female characters in this particular play, and could see this being made into a modern adaptation. "

" 1985 Aug 1 "

" Falstaff. One more time... "

" The Merry Wives of Windsor is such a cheeky romp. I really enjoyed reading it as well as listening to an audio book version. "

" Don't mess with the wives! "

" Had to read it! "

" I've gotten behind in my Shakespeare reading as well as posting reviews when I'm done. Would probably appreciate these plays more if I could focus on them with more regularity. Falstaff is buffoon-like in this play, making for comedy, but not much relationship to the Falstaff of the Henry IV plays. "

" It was a lot of slapstick funny and not so much the ironic humor that I usually like in Shakespeare's comedies "

" Definitely not my favorite Shakespeare due to what I thought was less inspired plot and language, but an interesting read and an interesting perspective on gender relations in early modern England. "