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.
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
Gordon Gostelow
as Bardolph
Nigel Terry
as Pistol
Michael Robbins
as Nym
