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.
Acting
Richard Griffiths' pathetic, sweaty desperation.
Costume
Falstaff's disguises get increasingly unhinged.
Writing
Shakespeare's rare domestic comedy hits different.
Director
David Hugh Jones
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
Nigel Terry
Pistol
Michael Robbins
Nym
Ron Cook
Peter Simple
Michael Graham Cox
Host of the Garter Inn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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