The Tragedie of King John Falstaff by
17 Jan. 2022
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What most strikes me, nestled in among the impeccable craftsmanship, great jokes, and delightful speculative twists, is O'Day's extension of Shakespeare's own ambivalence towards Falstaff: here we find the great good fun of a glutton, his seductive humanity opposed to all that is desiccated and joyless in our well-ordered society, and yet within little more than an hour we have also a second King Ubu, whose laughable corruption uncomfortably parallels recent US history.
Before I run out of words, I want to add this is full of terrific roles. Actors, dig in! ”
Before I run out of words, I want to add this is full of terrific roles. Actors, dig in! ”