Product Description<br/><br/><br/>The Merry Wives of Windsor (+Biography and Bibliography) (Matte Cover Finish): The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) - 23 April 1616), was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".