falstaff

     

Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vainglorious, an cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, but he is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.

Trivia about falstaff

  • One-word title of the Verdi opera set in Windsor, England in the 15th century
  • He says, "I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men"
  • This character described himself as having "more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty"
  • Nym, a minor character, is a follower of this stout fellow in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  • This gluttonous guy shows up in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" & both parts of "Henry IV"
  • A trip to AA might be in order for this gluttonous guy from the "Henry IV" plays & "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  • In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket
  • "Merry Wives" make mischief in the Verdi opera named for this fat Shakespearean funster
  • Chubby character who loved his ale & supplied the name for one
  • Some merry wives dress up like fairies in Verdi's 1893 opera named for this Shakespearean character
  • You're obese, gluttonous, lecherous, & you stabbed Hotspur's corpse; you either get it or you don't, & you don't
  • Prince Hal called him "that stuffed cloak-bag of guts"; guess he's not "The Biggest Loser"
  • Verdi's last opera, this comic masterpiece is based in part on Shakespeare's "King Henry IV"
  • This character appears in 3 different plays by Shakespeare & is referred to in a fourth
  • In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket
  • Verdi's first comic opera was a flop; it was 50 years before he wrote his second, about this Shakespeare character