The Merry Wives of Windsor

Overview

When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.

Cast

Richard Griffiths

Sir John Falstaff

Elizabeth Spriggs

Mistress Quickly

Judy Davis

Mistress Ford

Prunella Scales

Mistress Page

Ben Kingsley

Frank Ford

Bryan Marshall

George Page

Alan Bennett

Justice Shallow

Richard O'Callaghan

Slender

Tenniel Evans

Sir Hugh Evans

N/A

Gordon Gostelow

Bardolph

Nigel Terry

Pistol

Michael Robbins

Nym