Reckless Shakespeare MERRY WIVES of WINDSOR

Merry Wives is probably the only “Farce”that Shakespeare wrote.

Elizabeth 1st loved the character of Falstaff,based on a dysfunctional ,drunken Earl,

who was a sort of Mentor  for Henry 5th as a boy and young King in S.’s History Plays.

The Audience and the Queen all loved the comedy and earthiness of this scoundrel Falstaff.

So Shakespeare had to write the sequel / Part 2/ 3 etc…