在这部温莎的风流娘儿们喜剧片中,《温莎的风流妇人》（The Merry Wives of Windsor）是莎士比亚所著之喜剧，咸认为著作时间应早于1597年，首次出版于1602年，标题中的“温莎”是指英格兰柏克郡的温莎城堡，且虽然剧中时代设定在亨利四世时期，但却毫不掩饰其描写的是当代伊丽莎白时代的中产阶级生活。剧内角色胖骑士法斯塔夫已出现于莎士比亚的剧作“亨利四世”第一部与第二部中，该角色后来也被数部歌剧所采用。
本剧描写贪财好色的胖骑士法斯塔夫看中了福德太太和佩芝太太，两位聪明的妇人发现后，开始一连串整人计划，借机整整爱吃飞醋的先生，也让法斯塔夫在众人面前出丑，于是一连串整人计划一幕幕上演。
BBC presents the classic play by William Shakespeare. Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley stars with Judy Davis and Richard Griffiths in Shakespeare's comedy of romantic misdemeanors. Sir John Falstaff devises a plan to seduce both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, the wives of two wealthy burgesses of Windsor. But the ladies resolve to play a number of cruel tricks on him and he soon finds himself the butt of their jokes. As his humiliation escalates, Falstaff's hopes are finally and cruelly dashed late one night in Windsor Forest.
