[DOC] [TLE] Falstaff - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. In the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. In The Merry Wives of Windsor, he is the buffoonish suitor of two married women. [DOC] [TLE] Falstaff (opera) - Wikipedia [PAR] Falstaff is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813
1901). The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry 
Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, ... The singer Victor Maurel sent him 
a French libretto based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Verdi liked it
... [DOC] [TLE] The Merry Wives of Windsor - Wikipedia [PAR] The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published 
in 1602, ... When Falstaff arrives to meet Mistress Ford, the merry wives trick him 
into hiding in a .... Wives to be one of Shakespeare's weakest plays, and the 
Falstaff of Merry Wives to be much inferior to the Falstaff of the two Henry IV plays
. [DOC] [TLE] Sir John Falstaff | fictional character | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 7, 2016 ... Entirely the creation of Shakespeare, Falstaff is said to have been... ... in all 
English literature, who appears in four of Shakespeare's plays. ... Beerbohm Tree 
as Falstaff in William Shakespeare's Henry IV,  ... Romantic comedies ... 
Maurice Morgann wrote such character-based analyses as appear in his... [DOC] [TLE] Falstaff: The enduring appeal of Shakespeare's fat knight | by ... [PAR] Read our in depth 'opera portrait' on Verdi's Falstaff as well as some of his other 
guises. ... Prince Hal's sidekick in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays, as well as the 
figure of ... It was Verdi's first comedy since his early flop Un giorno di regno, 
although ... although this is purely based on the Henry IV character rather than 
anything... [DOC] [TLE] Bartlett Sher on Shakespeare in the Opera House | On WFMT [PAR] Feb 22, 2016 ... In some ways, Sher finds telling Shakespeare's stories easier in the opera house. 
... I'm so thrilled that Verdi did an opera based on Othello so that now I can do 
both. .... instead combines elements of The Merry Wives of Windsor with the 
Henry IV plays. The last of Verdi's operas, it was his second comedy. [DOC] [TLE] Falstaff: A Musical Inspiration - Finding Shakespeare [PAR] Mar 29, 2013 ... Shakespeare's rich stock of characters have inspired many people to write ... 
Surprisingly, Falstaff is not a particularly musical character in the three plays he 
appears in. ... variety of music, from classical orchestral pieces to music-hall 
comedy. ... Verdi's Falstaff is an amalgamation of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2... [DOC] [TLE] Shakespeare's Plump Playboy Comes to Life in Verdi's Falstaff | The ... [PAR] So said Prince Hal in the second act of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I. The object 
of ... matrix of human relationships and interaction contributes fully to the comedy. 
... While Falstaff's plot is more or less based on The Merry Wives of Windsor, 
Verdi ... two other Shakespeare plays in which he appears, Henry IV, Parts I and 
II. [DOC] [TLE] Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor at the Opera - Shakespeare ... [PAR] Shakespeare's domestic comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only one 
among ... Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff (1893) on a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on 
the ..... to borrow E. M. Forster's phrase, by quoting from the Henry IV plays where 
he... [DOC] [TLE] May 6, 2011 ~ THE MUSICIAN'S LOUNGE - Utah Symphony [PAR] May 6, 2011 ... In many ways, Giuseppe Verdi's final opera, 1893's Falstaff, surprised his 
contemporaries. ... two stories based on Shakespearean plots, but Verdi had 
loved the works ... His major source was the comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor
, which ... enjoyed Falstaff in his appearances in the Henry IV history plays,... [DOC] [TLE] Comedic Twist:

Question: Verdi's "Falstaff" is based on Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays & this Shakespeare comedy
Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor