Falstaff's Plan and Pistol's Revenge | Merry Wives | Broadway's Best | Great Performances on PBS

Falstaff (Jacob Ming-Trent) tells Pistol (Joshua Echebiri) about his plan to woo Madam Ford and Madam Page by sending them identical love letters. Pistol, feeling long overlooked by Falstaff, sees his opportunity to enact his revenge. Watch this hilarious scene from Shakespeare's "Merry Wives," performed at the Public Theater.

Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.

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