The dissolute Sir John Falstaff plans to seduce Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, two 'Merry Wives of Windsor', thereby gaining access to their husbands' wealth. The two women have the old rogue's measure, however, and Falstaff's plots lead only to his humiliation. But the Merry Wives themselves fall victim to plotting as their plans prevent Mistress Page's daughter Anne from marrying the young man who she loves are frustrated in turn. Dinsdale Landen is Falstaff. Sylvestra Le Touzel plays Mistress Ford and Penny Downie Mistress Page. Nicholas Woodeson is Ford, Philip Jackson is Page, and Clive Swift plays Justice Shallow. Unabridged. 2 cassettes. 2 1/2 hours
