The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011)
The fat knight Sir John Falstaff imagines that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are both taken with him and so, attracted as much by their husbands’ money as their personal charms, he decides to woo them both. But the women are up to the old lecher’s tricks and turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating assignations, midnight terrors and a very damp, extremely smelly laundry basket. Gutsy, colloquial and bustling with vivid characters, The Merry Wives of Windsor is a brilliantly constructed farce and the only comedy Shakespeare set in his native land. It is also the ancestor of English bourgeois comedy and gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the modern TV sitcom. The production made merry with the relationship between the life of middle-class Elizabethan England and the late medieval period in which the play is set.
Cast
- Christopher Benjamin - Sir John Falstaff
- Serena Evans - Mistress Page
- Andrew Havill - Master Ford
- Gerard McCarthy - Master Fenton
- Sarah Woodward - Mistress Ford
- Nathan Amzi - Peter Simple
- Gareth Armstrong - Evans
- William Belchambers - Master Slender
- Philip Bird - Dr. Caius
- Ceri-lyn Cissone - Anne Page
Screenplay
- William Shakespeare (Author)
Keywords
based on play or musical, live performance
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Merry Wives of Windsor about?
- The fat knight Sir John Falstaff imagines that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are both taken with him and so, attracted as much by their husbands’ money as their personal charms, he decides to woo them both. But the women are up to the old lecher’s tricks and turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating assignations, midnight terrors and a very damp, extremely smelly laundry basket. Gutsy, colloquial and bustling with vivid characters, The Merry Wives of Windsor is a brilliantly constructed farce and the only comedy Shakespeare set in his native land. It is also the ancestor of English bourgeois comedy and gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the modern TV sitcom. The production made merry with the relationship between the life of middle-class Elizabethan England and the late medieval period in which the play is set.
- Who directed The Merry Wives of Windsor?
- The Merry Wives of Windsor was directed by Christopher Luscombe.
- Who stars in The Merry Wives of Windsor?
- The Merry Wives of Windsor stars Christopher Benjamin, Serena Evans, Andrew Havill, Gerard McCarthy, Sarah Woodward, Nathan Amzi.
- How long is The Merry Wives of Windsor?
- The Merry Wives of Windsor has a runtime of 2h 15m (135 minutes).
- What genre is The Merry Wives of Windsor?
- The Merry Wives of Windsor is a Comedy film.
- Where was The Merry Wives of Windsor produced?
- The Merry Wives of Windsor was produced in United Kingdom.