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Okay, this bawdy domestic comedy featuring the fat knight Falstaff in wooing mode is never going to rank among Shakespeare’s ...
Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent youth, but the real-life monarch ...
In Henry V, Shakespeare movingly describes Sir John Falstaff’s death as the British leave for war in France back in 1415, but ...
Globe's slimline Falstaff is a half-fat hero, in a Merry Wives Of Windsor that's not quite merry enough. By PATRICK MARMION . Published: 14:02 EDT, 10 July 2025 | Updated: 14:02 EDT, 10 July 2025 ...
Sean Holmes’s revival of the Falstaff spin-off reputedly written at Elizabeth I’s request (it’s suggested she wanted to see the fat knight in love after watching the Henry IV plays) is lucid ...
Last Updated on July 11, 2025 A new take on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor: 3.5 out of 5.0 stars All is not so ...
Read our review of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, directed by Sean Holmes, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 20 ...
The set-piece humiliations, in which Falstaff, fearing discovery, buries himself inside a laundry basket, and disguises himself as the “fat woman of Brentford”, plus the climactic drubbing in ...
The company last staged Falstaff in 2013, but now it’s flashing back to the ’80s, with Lord Falstaff seeking to seduce two merry wives at a vibrant country club.
Enjoy a free performance of Verdi’s “Falstaff” on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. Featuring ...
While there are a few speeches or sections lost to acoustic issues, and it would have been interesting to see a few more ...