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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Document Type | Prompt Book |
| Reference | MW 25 |
| Primary Association | Vestris, Elizabeth |
| Associated Names | Moore, John; Hackett, James Henry; Burton, William; Daly, Augustin; Bartley, George |
| Annotation Date | 1840-1886 |
| Theatre | Covent Garden |
| Place of Production | London |
| Country of Production | Great Britain |
| Date of Production | 11 Sep 1840 |
| Description | Very detailed prompt book by John Moore. Annotations in blue are transcriptions from Madame Vestris' book of 1840. After 1848, Moore added details from Hackett and Burton's 1853 production in brown ink and pencil. Moore then used this book to help prepare Augustin Daly's productions of 1872 and 1886. |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Theme(s) | Love and Marriage |
| Roles | J.H. Hackett - Falstaff; W.E. Burton - Falstaff; Charles Fisher - Falstaff |
| Content Keywords | love, women, deceit, jealousy, confusion |
| Context Keywords | property, stage, programme, cast, character, cues, business, blocking, actor, sound effects, lighting, review |
| Visual Content | Contains several small engravings of characters. |
| Additional Information | Then used for productions at New York, Burton's Broadway, Fifth Avenue and Varieties between 1840-1886. Additional items include various printed cast lists, Covent Garden playbill of 1840, 3 Burton playbills, a Hackett playbill for 1869, a Daly property list and a list of rehearsal absences. |
| Edition | Shakespeare edition |
| Shattuck Code | MWW 30 |
| Play | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |