- John Falstaff - Wikipedia
Hal's main companion in enjoying the low life is Sir John Falstaff Fat, old, drunk, and corrupt as he is, he has a charisma and a zest for life that captivates the Prince Hal likes Falstaff but makes no pretence of being like him He enjoys insulting his dissolute friend and makes sport of him
- Sir John Falstaff | Character, Quotes, Facts | Britannica
Sir John Falstaff, one of the most famous comic characters in all English literature, who appears in four of William Shakespeare ’s plays Entirely the creation of Shakespeare, Falstaff is said to have been partly modeled on Sir John Oldcastle, a soldier and the martyred leader of the Lollard sect
- Falstaff - LA Opera
Falstaff, the final opera and rare comedy by Giuseppe Verdi, returns to LA Opera Laugh as the Merry Wives of WIndsor best a scheming knight Book now!
- Plot and Creation: Falstaff - Metropolitan Opera
Legend has it that Queen Elizabeth I was so enraptured by the character of Sir John Falstaff, first seen in the historical plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 (written between 1596–99), that she inspired Shakespeare to dedicate a new story to the depiction of Falstaff in love
- THEATER REVIEW: Geneva Light Opera gets audiences laughing with Verdi’s . . .
GENEVA — Humor and pranks are on display this week at the Smith Opera House for the Geneva Light Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff ” A downtrodden knight facing financial
- Who Was Falstaff?
Falstaff is the butt of jokes, yet his famous speech in praise of drink in King Henry IV Part One – very much of its time and pretty much unacceptable today – is made much of
- Falstaff | Gran Teatre del Liceu
The Boito-Verdi duo brings back an aging, hedonistic, and somewhat cowardly Sir John Falstaff, a former comrade-in-arms of the future Henry V of England, now surrendered to drinking, gluttony, lust, and bragging
- FALSTAFF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FALSTAFF is a fat, convivial, roguish character in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV
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