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| No-holds Bard: Tom Hanks to make L.A. stage debut as Falstaff in 'Henry VI' | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 02:23 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:18 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| Hanks will be joined by his wife, Rita Wilson, directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan (''Proof''), at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. By the way, as a young actor, Hanks spent three years at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, onstage and behind the stage. Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for playing Proteus in Shakespeare's ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' (1978). |
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| Link | Deadline.com: Tom Hanks Will Mine Falstaff in L.A. 'Henry VI' Staging |
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| Falstaff in HENRY VI? | |
| Posted by: portenopete 03:03 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: No-holds Bard: Tom Hanks to make L.A. stage debut as Falstaff in 'Henry VI' - WaymanWong 02:18 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| Interesting, given that Falstaff is dead by the time HENRY V happens. I'm assuming that they mean HENRY IV? Will it be in two parts or the stitched together version Jack O'Brien directed for LCT with Kevin Kline? (I want to say Dakin Matthews adapted it?) |
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| Falstaff does appear in "Henry VI, Part 1." nm | |
| Posted by: kieran 03:18 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Falstaff in HENRY VI? - portenopete 03:03 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| nm | |
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| re: Falstaff does appear in "Henry VI, Part 1." nm | |
| Posted by: portenopete 05:47 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Falstaff does appear in "Henry VI, Part 1." nm - kieran 03:18 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| In the later folios (third onward) the character is called "Fastolf", to differentiate him from a separate character in HENRY IV, PART 1 and 2 (and eventually THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR) who had originally been called Sir John Oldcastle until he Oldcastle Family objected to the nomenclature and the name of Prince Hal's dissolute friend was changed to Falstaff, thus instigating the character in HENRY VI (written long before HENRY IV) having his name changed from "Falstaff" to "Fastolf". If Tom Hanks is going to play "Fastolf" in HENRY VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3, it'd be a bit lopsided casting-wise. |
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| Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:07 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Falstaff in HENRY VI? - portenopete 03:03 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| re: Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) | |
| Posted by: portenopete 05:47 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) - WaymanWong 03:07 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| Now we know about the history of the name change from "Fastolf" to "Falstaff": your error was for good! | |
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| re: Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) | |
| Posted by: larry13 07:39 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) - portenopete 05:47 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| Yes, I agree. But that still leaves the much bigger question--at least to me: Tom Hanks as Falstaff??!! | |
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| I think he'll nail it | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 10:36 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Oops! My bad ... sorry for the typo, that should be 'Henry IV' (nm) - larry13 07:39 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| One of the reasons Falstaff is such a memorable character is that he is so complex: many different attributes jumbled in one fat man. We've all seen Hanks portray qualities like the warmth, love of life, and humor of Falstaff (the things that draw Hal to him); the huge ego masking the inner weaknesses are not generally traits in Hanks' film characters, true--but the guy's a veteran. I'm gonn try to see this. My cat is named Hotspur. :) Laura |
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| re: I think he'll nail it | |
| Posted by: tandelor 05:01 pm EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: I think he'll nail it - showtunetrivia 10:36 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| So glad I got to see Pat Carroll play Falstaff in The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Memorable still nearly 28 years later. | |
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| IF ONLY IT COULD PLAY NYC | |
| Posted by: aislestorm 11:15 am EST 02/13/18 | |
| In reply to: I think he'll nail it - showtunetrivia 10:36 am EST 02/13/18 | |
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| That would make a lot of people happy. | |
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