The Merry Wives of Windsor is a Comedy written by English playwright William Shakespeare, who is widely considered to be the greatest writer of the English language. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a play about Falstaff, who is in serious debt, and his attempts to gain the fancy of two women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, in the hope of persuading them to give him money. The Merry Wives of Windsor is an important work of William Shakespeares, and is highly recommended for fans of his works as well as those discovering his plays for the first time.