Merry Wives of Windsor, The

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.

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Example Sentences

The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of the Shrew, are all pure Comedy; the rest, however they are call'd, have something of both kinds.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of the Shrew, are all pure Comedy; the rest, however they are call'd, have something of both Kinds.

From Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) by Monk, Samuel Holt

This period would, I think, end with the lighter plays of Shakespeare, such as The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew, and perhaps Hamlet.

From A Novelist on Novels by George, Walter Lionel