The Merry Wives of Windsor
Comedy
TV Movie
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.
1982-12-28
en
Cast
Director
David Hugh Jones
Richard Griffiths as Sir John Falstaff
Elizabeth Spriggs as Mistress Quickly
Judy Davis as Mistress Ford
Prunella Scales as Mistress Page
Ben Kingsley as Frank Ford
Bryan Marshall as George Page
Alan Bennett as Justice Shallow
Richard O'Callaghan as Slender
Tenniel Evans as Sir Hugh Evans
Nigel Terry as Pistol
Michael Robbins as Nym
Ron Cook as Peter Simple
Michael Graham Cox as Host of the Garter Inn
Lee Whitlock as Robin
Michael Bryant as Doctor Caius
Simon Chandler as Fenton
Ralph Brown as John
Adam Cooper as Fairy