tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post4479974935326412004..comments2023-09-29T04:22:04.132-07:00Comments on Quills: Shakesblogging: The Merry Wives of WindsorFretful Porpentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-6168247155005236162010-04-18T12:42:44.847-07:002010-04-18T12:42:44.847-07:00This is the one Shakes play that I just don't ...This is the one Shakes play that I just don't GET. Like, I don't see what people think is funny. I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but there it is.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-56435886963658212372010-04-17T23:12:47.886-07:002010-04-17T23:12:47.886-07:00I saw a brilliant production of this last summer i...I saw a brilliant production of this last summer in Los Gatos, CA. It was a community theater production, but it was amazing. I got my picture taken with the fellow playing Falstaff and for months it was my profile pic on Facebook. People kept asking, "who is that dude?" I would reply, "he's my hero." ;)<br /><br />I like the idea of Merry Wives being a sort of alternate ending. That's a quite lovely idea, actually.Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-8465935276784550932010-04-17T20:51:14.477-07:002010-04-17T20:51:14.477-07:00In the really bad literary history of the 30s and ...In the really bad literary history of the 30s and 40s, I remember a book that talked about women in early modern England as if Merry Wives was a guide to women's lives. <br /><br />Then when I was doing my diss research, a friend who also worked on early 17th C court records and I went to see a production. All I remember was that we got all the jokes about 2 seconds before the rest of the audience. And in the theatre, that's a long time...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com