Adaptations and cultural references The Merry Wives of Windsor

mistress page (julie hughett) , falstaff (john rousseau) in merry wives of windsor, staged pacific repertory theatre @ golden bough playhouse in carmel, california, in 1999.



the play revised , adapted john dennis in 1702 comical gallant.
the composer antonio salieri wrote opera buffa falstaff (1799), libretto carlo prospero defranceschi, adapts main story line of merry wives of windsor operatic stage.
michael william balfe s opera, falstaff (1838), based on play.
the german composer carl otto nicolai wrote singspiel based on comedy in 1849, die lustigen weiber von windsor. opera contains german spoken dialogue, , many of characters names have been changed (the names of mistresses ford , page fluth , reich) , there more focus given between romance of fenton , anne. adaptation include disguising of falstaff woman.
giuseppe verdi s last opera, falstaff, libretto arrigo boito, based on play. in adaptation, plot kept largely shakespeare wrote it, story line condensed , simplified, , there several changes. example, anne (known nanetta) daughter of mistress ford, not mistress page, , betrothed father dr. caius alone, mistresses ford , page conspiring aid in elopement fenton. roles of master page, slender, shallow, sir hugh evans, , many others eliminated. flesh out falstaff s character, librettist arrigo boito adds material shakespeare s henry iv, parts , ii, including famous honor soliloquy found in act scene ii of henry iv part i. largely considered best operatic adaptation of merry wives of windsor, 1 of opera s greatest comic achievements.
the english composer ralph vaughan williams wrote sir john in love, opera based on play in years 1924–28. of libretto taken directly shakespeare s text, making accurate of operatic adaptations. version retain of characters subplot of duel between dr. caius , sir hugh evans.
the play adapted kiswahili joshua ogutu , performed @ globe theatre in london part of 2012 globe globe festival.
for 2012 oregon shakespeare festival season, alison carey adapted play political satire called merry wives of windsor, iowa.
for 2012 bard on beach season in vancouver, director johnna wright set play in 1968 windsor, ontario.
an episode of american tv drama, criminal minds, uses production of merry wives of windsor motif.