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Among the films inspired by Orson Welles's lifelong involvement with Shakespeare, the greatest is "Chimes at Midnight" (1966). It is a masterly conflation of the Shakespearean history plays that feature Falstaff, the great comic figure played by Welles himself in the film. For Welles, the... read more
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- Jack Falstaff: Add a description of this character.
- Hotspur
- Prince Hal
- Prince John
- Mr. Welles
- Lady Percy
- Henry Iv
- Doll
- Orson
- Peto
- John Gielgud
- Alan Webb
- Iles
- Harry
- Westmoreland
- Shakespeare
- Keith Baxter
- Davy
- Jeanne Moreau
- Ralph Richardson
- Kate
- Poins
- Mortimer
- Kane
- Walter Chiari
- Bardolph
- Richard Ii
- Quinlan
- Clarence
- Zounds
- Vernon
- King Henry
- John Falstaff
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Welles's script is based primarily on Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, but he has also drawn on Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 791.4372
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