The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011, English. Directed by Christopher Luscombe.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Christopher LuscombeDirector
- Christopher BenjaminSir John Falstaff
- Serena EvansMistress Page
- Andrew HavillMaster Ford
- Gerard McCarthyMaster Fenton
- Sarah WoodwardMistress Ford
- Nathan AmziPeter Simple
- Gareth ArmstrongEvans
- William BelchambersMaster Slender
- Philip BirdDr. Caius
- Ceri-lyn CissoneAnne Page
- Barnaby EdwardsJohn Rugby
- Peter GaleJustice Shallow
Details
- Released
- 27 June 2011
- Country
- United Kingdom
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What The Merry Wives of Windsor is based on
The Merry Wives of Windsor is adapted from a play or musical.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 June 2011. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Merry Wives of Windsor?
The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011) was directed by Christopher Luscombe and stars Christopher Benjamin, Serena Evans, Andrew Havill.
What is The Merry Wives of Windsor based on?
The Merry Wives of Windsor is adapted from a play or musical.