My daily banana
Photo of the day:
Word of the day:
soliloquises
to utter, to talk to oneself
German: Selbstgespräch
Name of the day:
William
From the Germanic name Willahelm meaning "Wil" will, desire and "helm" helmet, protection. Became popular after 1066 when William the Conqueror was recognised as the first Norman king of England.
Birthday of the day:
23rd April 1564
William Shakespeare
in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, English
Poet and playwright, traditionally regarded as his birthdate
Died on this day:
23rd April 1616
William Shakespeare
in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, English
Poet and playwright dies aged 52 because his birthdate is not recorded it is traditionally als taken to be on the 23rd April
Event of the day:
23rd April 1597
William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed,
with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.
The Merry Wives of Winsor
the Characters
Sir Falstaff
The fat Lady of Bredford
Herne the Hunter
His servants Pistol and Nym
Mistress Page
Mistress Anne Page
Master Fenton poor lover of Mistress Anne
Dr Caius Mistress Page’s favourte
Master Slender Master Page’s favourte
Master Page aka Master Brook
Mistress Ford
Master Ford
The Short Version
The fat Sir Falstaff moves to Windsor. The poor man is low on cash so he conjures up a plan in which two wealthy ladies, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford will finance his life. He writes two identical love letters and orders his servants Pistol and Nym to deliver them. They refuse and Falstaff releases them from their duties, in other words, he sacks them. Now they take revenge and tell the husbands of the two beloved ladies of their former masters wishes. Master Ford isn’t bothered, but the jealous Master Page wants to put a stop to Sir Falstaff’s deeds. Using the name Master Brooks he takes on the job as a servant for Sir Falstaff, hoping to spy out his forth doings.
Meanwhile, the ladies have received the love letters and after comparing these they decide to teach Sir Falstaff a lesson.
At the first meeting Master Page came unexpectedly home and the ladies persuade Falstaff to hide in a basket full of dirty and smelly laundry (Buck Basket). The basket was taken out and the contents including Sir Falstaff were emptied into the river. This displeased him, but he didn’t give up.
The second meeting was also a fiasco, as Master Page again came unexpectedly home, Falstaff dressed up in the clothes of "the Fat Lady of Brentford" an obese aunty of Mistress Page. What he didn’t know was that Master Page hated his wife’s aunty, and he was battered and thrown out.
As if that wasn’t enough he met the ladies for a third time. This time the ladies had thought out a plan to ridicule Sir Falstaff before the whole town of Windsor. They got him to dress up as "Herne the Hunter" and asked him to meet them at "ye olde Oak Tree" in Windsor forest. The children of Windsor were dressed as fairies and were told to pinch and burn him. The ladies thought, that’ll teach him a lesson and stop him pestering them.
Among the fairies was Mistress Anne, the daughter of Master and Mistress Page. All three of them had different plans for wedding the maid Anne. Master Page’s favourite was Slender, Mistress Page’s favourite was Dr Caius and their daughters favourite was Felton (unliked by her parents because of his lack of money). When the chaos broke out, as the fairies attacked the poor Sir Falstaff, the two favoured lovers ran off with each a fairy they thought to be Anne and she ran off with her lover Fenton. Later when they all came back Slender complained that the fairy he ran off with was a boy, Dr Caius had the same complaint but unfortunately he had married the boy. Anne and Fenton came home as a newly wedded couple and after Fenton shamed Anne’s parents for trying to marry her against her choice, they received blessings from Master and Mistress Page.
Everyone was forgiven, they has a big get together and lived happily ever after.
My ride of the day:
The weather seems to be getting better every day. That was a brilliant ride, I'm now sat at home and it's raining, luckily when I was on my round it was dry.
What sort of person drives a Hummer? Does he need to prove himself? Has he got a short pimmel? I don't know, I met one on my round, he had to prove his was bigger than mine and cut me off. When I gave him the eye all he could do was give me a load of abuse. Poor sod:-)
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| The rape is full in blossom |
More again tomorrow, have a nice day, be happy:-)
