This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. 'Tis the season to be Falstaff. Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff is arguably the most beloved character in Western literature. The "fat kidneyed rascal" ...
FARGO – Matthew Burns is taking on a big role for the Fargo-Moorhead Opera’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” The bass-baritone has to assume Sir John Falstaff’s abundant ego as well as the ...
When William Shakespeare wrote “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” it was said to be at the request of Queen Elizabeth I, who loved the comic character of Sir John Falstaff in the Bard’s Henry plays so much ...
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It’s fun to watch the downfall of a jackass, and Sir John Falstaff, the despicable villain from Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” is one of the slimiest. In the the Atlanta Shakespeare ...
A Chamberlain of an Inn King Henry IV, Part I 1926 A Servant to Hotspur King Henry IV, Part I 1926 A Sheriff King Henry IV, Part I 1926 A Traveler King Henry IV, Part I 1946 Another Traveler King ...
Fri, October 25, 2019 at 5:20 PM UTC In the first play, the Lancasters ascend to the throne of England, as Henry Bolingbroke — later King Henry IV — deposes his cousin King Richard II. Prince Hal, ...
Lusty, foolhardy and hilarious, Sir John Falstaff is the kind of character actors relish sinking their teeth into, and Reginald Smith Jr. makes a meal out of him in Houston Grand Opera’s new ...
The Michigan State University College of Music Opera Theatre program produces two operas each academic year. Usually one is a small, chamber type opera and the other is a well known, large opera. This ...
Editor’s note: This story about Falstaff, which will be performed tonight at the Aspen Music Festival, was first published in The Aspen Times in July 2011 and has been updated. “Falstaff” is not like ...
It’s been suggested that Queen Elizabeth I was so charmed by William Shakespeare’s shamelessly degenerate Sir John Falstaff character in the “Henry” historical plays that she requested, perhaps ...
Ian McKellen is sharing how wearing a fat suit actually helped him when he fell off stage during a performance at London's Noël Coward theater. The Player Kings star, 85 — who plays the character of ...
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