Character List

Characters of The Merry Wives of Windsor

MISTRESS FORD (F 30-60)

FORD, her husband (M 30-60)

JOHN Servant (M or F, 20-85) Could double as fairy, Pistol or Nym or Simple)

ROBERT Servant (M or F, 20-85) Could double as fairy, Pistol or Nym

MISTRESS PAGE (F 30-60)

PAGE, her husband (M 30-60)

ANNE, their daughter (F 18-30) Could double as Robin and Fairy

DOCTOR CAIUS, a French doctor, suitor to Anne Page (M 20-85)

MISTRESS QUICKLY, the doctor’s housekeeper (F 20-85)

JOHN RUGBY, the doctor’s manservant. (M 18-85) Could double as Bardolph

SIR HUGH Evans, a Welsh parson. (M 30-85)

HOST of the Garter Inn  (M or F 30-85)

Windsor Children, disguised as fairies

Sir John FALSTAFF, an impoverished knight. (M 30-85)

ROBIN, his page (see ANNE)

BARDOLPH Follower of Falstaff (see RUGBY)

PISTOL Follower of Falstaff (see JOHN)

NYM Follower of Falstaff (see ROBERT)

FENTON, a gentleman, suitor to Anne Page. (M 18-40)

Robert SHALLOW, a visiting justice of the peace  (M 30-85)

Abraham SLENDER, his nephew, a young suitor to Anne Page (M 18-30)SIMPLE, Slender’s servant. (M 20-85) See JOHN