22) THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR BBC SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION

The Merry Wives of Windsor TV Movie 1982 2h 50m Director - David Hugh Jones Writer - William Shakespeare Stars - Alan Bennett, Richard O’Callaghan, Tenniel Evans When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Windsor 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 besieged by suitors.