![]() ![]() ![]() It was certainly not a play where Falstaff played a central role. But every time Falstaff arrived it seemed to jump up a level. Henry IV, Part I seems like one of those. There are plays where the character and the play are equally matched (Othello, Hamlet, etc), but there are those plays where the character seems to float beyond the play. I hadn't touched any of Shakespeare's histories (I'm not counting Julius Caesar, etc., as a history) and so was surprised at just how much I liked this character. But until this year my exposure to Falstaff was mainly second-hand, through books that spoke of him. “O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!” ― William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1 Falstaff! Yes, I knew who he was. O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil ![]()
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