Old enough to have a marriageable daughter. In other words, middle aged.
Mistress Page and Mistress Ford.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: "FORD: Where had you this pretty weathercock? MRS PAGE: I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of".This quotation is from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor - 1955 includes: Edward Atienza as Justice Shallow Rosalind Atkinson as Mistress Quickly Angela Baddeley as Mistress Page Geoffrey Bayldon as Slender Michael Denison as Dr. Caius William Devlin as Sir Hugh Evans Jill Dixon as Anne Page Trader Faulkner as Fenton Alan Haywood as Servant Robert Hunter as Bardolph Ralph Michael as Master Page Keith Michell as Master Ford Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff Joyce Redman as Mistress Ford Rex Robinson as John John Rogers as Robin Geoffrey Sasse as Simple John Southworth as Rugby Patrick Wymark as Host of the Garter Inn
The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2011 includes: Nathan Amzi as Peter Simple Gareth Armstrong as Evans William Belchambers as Master Slender Christopher Benjamin as Sir John Falstaff Philip Bird as Dr. Caius Barnaby Edwards as John Rugby Serena Evans as Mistress Page Peter Gale as Justice Shallow Gregory Gudgeon as Nym Andrew Havill as Master Ford Edward Holtom as Robin Richard Linnell as Robin Gerard McCarthy as Master Fenton Jonty Stephens as Host Sue Wallace as Mistress Quickly Sarah Woodward as Mistress Ford
The exposition of any play is the part where the starting situation is explained for the benefit of the audience, and which of course always takes place right at the beginning. In Act I of The Merry Wives of Windsor, the situation of Anne Page and the plans of several people to marry her is set out in Scene 1 whereas the situation of Falstaff and his plan to get money by seducing women is set out in Scene 3.
Mistress Page and Mistress Ford.
Mrs. Page says it in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor - 1910 includes: Margarita Fischer as Mrs. Page Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Ford
The Merry Wives of Windsor: "FORD: Where had you this pretty weathercock? MRS PAGE: I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of".This quotation is from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Mrs Page and Mrs Ford are characters in William Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor." They are both married women who are friends and central figures in the play's plot, as they become the target of Falstaff's attempts at seduction. They ultimately outsmart Falstaff and teach him a lesson.
The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor - 1955 includes: Edward Atienza as Justice Shallow Rosalind Atkinson as Mistress Quickly Angela Baddeley as Mistress Page Geoffrey Bayldon as Slender Michael Denison as Dr. Caius William Devlin as Sir Hugh Evans Jill Dixon as Anne Page Trader Faulkner as Fenton Alan Haywood as Servant Robert Hunter as Bardolph Ralph Michael as Master Page Keith Michell as Master Ford Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff Joyce Redman as Mistress Ford Rex Robinson as John John Rogers as Robin Geoffrey Sasse as Simple John Southworth as Rugby Patrick Wymark as Host of the Garter Inn
The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2011 includes: Nathan Amzi as Peter Simple Gareth Armstrong as Evans William Belchambers as Master Slender Christopher Benjamin as Sir John Falstaff Philip Bird as Dr. Caius Barnaby Edwards as John Rugby Serena Evans as Mistress Page Peter Gale as Justice Shallow Gregory Gudgeon as Nym Andrew Havill as Master Ford Edward Holtom as Robin Richard Linnell as Robin Gerard McCarthy as Master Fenton Jonty Stephens as Host Sue Wallace as Mistress Quickly Sarah Woodward as Mistress Ford
Shakespeare's play the Merry Wives of Windsor is about two married women who both get propositioned at the same time by the fat, drunken conman Sir John Falstaff. Outraged by his presumption, they decide to lead him on just enough to get him in trouble. These two women are called Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page.
There is one couple who seem like they will go on happily forever: Mr. and Mrs. Page from The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The exposition of any play is the part where the starting situation is explained for the benefit of the audience, and which of course always takes place right at the beginning. In Act I of The Merry Wives of Windsor, the situation of Anne Page and the plans of several people to marry her is set out in Scene 1 whereas the situation of Falstaff and his plan to get money by seducing women is set out in Scene 3.
MeaningBy fortunate chance.OriginFrom Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1600:FALSTAFF:You shall hear. As good luck would have it, comesin one Mistress Page; gives intelligence of Ford'sapproach; and, in her invention and Ford's wife'sdistraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.Above retrieved from, http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/40700.htmlViper1
The phrase "what the dickens" was coined by William Shakespeare and originated in The Merry Wives Of Windsor Act 3, scene 2, 18--23, it was an oath to the devil said by Mrs Page.