My Journey with Shakespeare

Why I Need One More Crack at Falstaff

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I could feel the rascal in my body. That’s the only way I know how to describe it. The first time I played Sir John Falstaff — in a radio production of Hal and Falstaff — something settled into me that felt less like acting and more like recognition. I felt the girth and the weight. I felt the […]

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I’m Not a Shakespeare Scholar — I’m Something Better

My Journey with Shakespeare / Kevin

Let me get something out of the way right now, before you read another word. I am not a Shakespeare scholar. I don’t have a Ph.D. I’ve never published an academic paper. I can’t read Middle English from a manuscript or debate textual variants over coffee with a roomful of professors. My highest degree is

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