Thomson Smillie
Introduction
Falstaff's qualities
Verdi and Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Falstaff and Verdi's librettist
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Opening: The Garter Inn
Falstaff's plan begins
Act I, Scene 2: The Ford's garden
Enter Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Dr Caius and Fenton
Act II, Scene 1: Mistress Quickly visits Falstaff
Enter Signor Fontana
Act II, Scene 2: Inside the Ford's house
Act III, Scene 1: Falstaff back at the Garter Inn, soaked
Act III, Scene 2: Windsor Great Park
Enter the townspeople, disguised
Final pages of the opera