comedy

The Merry Wives of Windsor

c. 1597–1601

Falstaff tries to seduce two married women — who immediately compare notes.

Start reading — Act 1, Scene 1 →

Scenes

Act 1

1.1 Windsor. Before Page’s house 1.2 The same 1.3 A room in the Garter Inn 1.4 A room in Doctor Caius’s house

Act 2

2.1 Before Page’s house 2.2 A room in the Garter Inn 2.3 A field near Windsor

Act 3

3.1 A field near Frogmore 3.2 A street in Windsor 3.3 A room in Ford’s house 3.4 A room in Page’s house 3.5 A room in the Garter Inn

Act 4

4.1 The street 4.2 A room in Ford’s house 4.3 A room in the Garter Inn 4.4 A room in Ford’s house 4.5 A room in the Garter Inn 4.6 Another room in the Garter Inn

Act 5

5.1 A room in the Garter Inn 5.2 Windsor Park 5.3 The street in Windsor 5.4 Windsor Park 5.5 Another part of the Park

Dramatis personæ

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
ROBIN page to Falstaff
BARDOLPH follower of Falstaff
PISTOL follower of Falstaff
NYM follower of Falstaff
FENTON a young gentleman
MISTRESS PAGE his wife
MISTRESS ANNE PAGE her daughter, in love with Fenton
WILLIAM PAGE a boy, son to Page
MISTRESS FORD his wife
JOHN Servant to Ford
ROBERT Servant to Ford
SIR HUGH EVANS a Welsh parson
DOCTOR CAIUS a French physician
MISTRESS QUICKLY servant to Doctor Caius