Dramatis Personae

• Sir John Falstaff

• Fenton, a young gentleman

• Shallow, a country justice

• Slender, cousin to Shallow

• Ford, a Gentleman dwelling at Windsor

• Page, a Gentleman dwelling at Windsor

• William Page, a boy, son to Page

• Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson

• Doctor Caius, a French physician

• Host of the Garter Inn

• Bardolph, Pistol, Nym; followers of Falstaff

• Robin, page to Falstaff

• Simple, servant to Slender

• Rugby, servant to Doctor Caius

• Mistress Ford

• Mistress Page

• Anne Page, her daughter, in love with Fenton

• Mistress Quickly, servant to Doctor Caius

• Servants to Page, Ford, etc.

Scene: Windsor and the neighbourhood