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- 21 6 Appendix
row.' For morrow read even. In lines 45-6 she says, * Her hus-
band goes this morning a-birding.' For this morning read e« the
morning or to-morrow ?norning. Not a syllable need be changed
in the Ford part of the scene ; but with this part we might begin
Act IV. The confusion between Falstaff s first and second inter-
views with Mrs. Ford would be thus absolutely cured. To complete
our task and make the text of the play perfectly accordant with its
plot we should further alter one word in Act V. sc. i. Ford there
says, * Went you not to her yesterday, sir ? ' etc. For yesterday
read this morning.''^
Mr. Daniel believes that this error in iii. 5 never existed in the
author's manuscript, but is " the result of some managerial attempt
to compress the two scenes into one for the convenience of the
stage representation ; " and that the words which he proposes to
alter were then introduced into the folio version in order to make
the new scene self-consistent.
Disentangling the 2d and 3d days of the action, as Mr. Daniel
suggests, the " time-analysis " will stand as follows : —
"Day I. Act I. sc. i. to iv.
" 2. Act II. sc. i. to iii.. Act III. sc. i. to iv., and the Quickly
portion of sc. v.
" 3. The Ford portion of Act III. sc. v. to end of the Play."
List of Characters in the Play
The numbers in parentheses indicate the lines the characters
have in each scene.
Falstaff: i. i (19), 3(52); ii. 2(120); iii. 3(40), 5(105); iv.
2(15), 5(44) ; V. 1(28), 5(65). Whole no. 488.
Fenton: 1.4(14); iii. 4(27); iv. 6(48); v. 5(11). Whole no.
100.
Shallow:
i.
1(55);
ii.
1(20), 3(20);
iii.
1(14), 2(7),
4(13);
iv.
2(4) ;
v. 2(4).
Whole
no. 137.
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