The comedies written by William Shakespeare are, as you know, often frolicsome and delightful affairs, with plenty of naughty stuff (for the 17th century), mistaken identities and wordplay.
The comedies written by William Shakespeare are, as you know, often frolicsome and delightful affairs, with plenty of naughty stuff , mistaken identities and wordplay.
After Falstaff sends each of the wives an identical love note, filling in the blanks where their names go, Falstaff's servants Pistol and Nym tattle on their boss to the ladies' husbands. Mr. Page is cool with it all, but Mr. Ford is enraged. Ford decides to disguise himself as a"Master Brook" so he can meet Falstaff and scope the situation out.
Except in this instance, not so much. For obvious reasons, this play revolves around the character of Falstaff, a larger-than-life fellow who boasts of many disagreeable traits all in one XXL package. Those include but are not limited to being old, corrupt, boastful and a gold-plated, booze-swilling lech. Also, Falstaff is fat—both in the morbidly obese sense and in the jolly, bowlful-of-jelly sense. That combination is usually a fount of comedy gold.
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