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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Chapter 2: Dramatis Personæ
By William Shakespeare
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A boastful, aging knight attempts to court two married women as a scheme to secure money and advantage, but the women discover his intentions and engineer a sequence of comic reprisals that expose and humiliate him. Their plots involve deception, disguises, and staged encounters that provoke jealous reactions from a suspicious husband and fuel local gossip. Interwoven with this are rival suitors, officious local worthies, and farcical misunderstandings. The play resolves with public revelations, reconciliations among couples, and the knight reduced to mockery, leaving social order and romantic pairings largely restored.

Contents

ACT I
Scene I. Windsor. Before Page’s house
Scene II. The same
Scene III. A room in the Garter Inn
Scene IV. A room in Doctor Caius’s house
ACT II
Scene I. Before Page’s house
Scene II. A room in the Garter Inn
Scene III. A field near Windsor
ACT III
Scene I. A field near Frogmore
Scene II. A street in Windsor
Scene III. A room in Ford’s house
Scene IV. A room in Page’s house
Scene V. A room in the Garter Inn
ACT IV
Scene I. The street
Scene II. A room in Ford’s house
Scene III. A room in the Garter Inn
Scene IV. A room in Ford’s house
Scene V. A room in the Garter Inn
Scene VI. Another room in the Garter Inn
ACT V
Scene I. A room in the Garter Inn
Scene II. Windsor Park
Scene III. The street in Windsor
Scene IV. Windsor Park
Scene V. Another part of the Park

Dramatis Personæ

HOST of the Garter Inn
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
ROBIN, page to Falstaff
BARDOLPH, follower of Falstaff
PISTOL, follower of Falstaff
NYM, follower of Falstaff

Robert SHALLOW, a country justice
Abraham SLENDER, cousin to Shallow
Peter SIMPLE, servant to Slender
FENTON, a young gentleman

George PAGE, a Gentleman dwelling at Windsor
MISTRESS PAGE, his wife
MISTRESS ANNE PAGE, her daughter, in love with Fenton
WILLIAM PAGE, a boy, son to Page

Frank FORD, a Gentleman dwelling at Windsor
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
John RUGBY, servant to Doctor Caius

SERVANTS to Page, &c.

SCENE: Windsor and the neighbourhood