John Falstaff

• Charles W. Dependahl, Jr. and William J. Healy, Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Falstaff Brewing Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Paul Kalmanovitz, Appellants, Cross-Appellees. John C. Calhoun, Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Falstaff Brewing Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Paul Kalmanovitz, Appellants, Cross-Appellees., 653 F.2d 1208 (8th Cir. 1981)

Theodore F. Schwartz (argued), Barry S. Ginsburg, Clayton, Mo., for appellants/cross-appellees. Carroll J. Donohue, Harry B. Wilson, Mark G. Arnold ...

• Federal Circuits

• New Orleans Saints and John W. Mecom, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alvin Griesedieck, Jr. and Falstaff Brewing Corp., Defendants-Appellees., 790 F.2d 1249 (5th Cir. 1986)

Russell J. Schonekas, Catherine Maureen Blackburn, Berrigan, Danielson, Litchfield, Olsen & Schonekas, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants. R...

• Federal Circuits

• A Falstaffian Triumph

In case you've been living in Borneo for the last quarter century, or somehow tragically missed a few installments of the San Francisco restaurant serial, the Balboa Café on Fillmore Street has a long and glorious history as one of the oldest taverns in the city, first estab- lished in 1913. Jeremiah Tower brought it to prominence in the early '80s as a Cow Hollow watering hole-cum-yuppie cuisine, and the PlumpJack Group founded (and eventually sold) by Gavin Newsom later acquired it as part of a burgeoning coterie of hip wine shops, wineries, bars, restaurants and boutique hotels in San Francisco and the Napa and Squaw valleys. Although there is in fact a children's menu, it wasn't the kids' fault about the din, which is considerable. The café is carpeted, so it must be the two walls o...

...'s opera, named for Shakespeare's portly Sir John Falstaff, whose merry approach to life both appare...

• Pacific Sun
• August 29, 2009

• 'Merry Wives' Is As Fun As It Gets

According to theatrical lore, Queen Elizabeth commanded William Shakespeare to write a farce showcasing the bloated buffoon Sir John Falstaff. Three cheers for Queen Bess, who in her wisdom commissioned the side-splitting comedy, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," the third and final offering at this summer's Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 01, 2010

• Lion Players Cavort with 'Merry Wives' at Penn State Fayette

Sir John Falstaff learns a lesson about burning a candle at both ends in the Lion Players upcoming production of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor. The play will be presented at 6:30 p.m. April 10-12 in the Magerko Auditorium at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• March 30, 2008

• Shakespeare's Work Is Filled with the Stuff of Life

My Shakespeare comes to Buffalo every summer, and he brings his friends along. They are a raucous bunch -- from John Falstaff, who carries the whole world somewhere between his belly and his wit, to the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth, whose bloody hands just never come clean. I look forward to my Shakespeare's annual visit because he touches every corner of this town with his antic wisdom, and those who invest a few hours with him in Delaware Park are sure to come away with more than just an evening's entertainment. This investment pays dividends in beautiful language, serious humor and rekindled genius that will continue to teach all of us to recognize the limitless potential in the world.

• Buffalo News
• July 20, 2009

• Here Comes the Son

American Players Theatre's [Henry IV]: The Making of a King compiles William Shakespeare's two plays about King Henry IVs struggle to wield authority over the rebellious factions of his kingdom and his own rogue son, Hal. Much to Henry's woe, the young heir to the throne prefers carousing to matters of state, hanging out at the local tavern with Sir John Falstaff, the surrogate father figure to the pack of ruffians with whom Hal consorts. But when Henry Percy, known as hotspur, successfully launches a revolt against the King, Hal joins his father in battle and kills hotspur. The danger averted, Hal returns to his bad-boy ways, yet is summoned again to his father, who is now fatally ill. Upon Henry's death, Hal abandons his days of debauchery and assumes the crown.

• Isthmus; Madison, Wis.
• August 27, 2009

• Shakespeare Festival Draws Slew of Actors

REDLANDS - Bill Greeley read his lines and gave a genuine belly- shaking laugh as he read for the role of Shakespeare's jovial fool in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," John Falstaff. I warrant thee, nobody hears," read Greeley, 50. "Mine own people, mine own people!

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• February 19, 2007

• Shakespeare in the Park; Bard's Biggest Clown Comes to Life in Portland Troupe's Version of 'Merry Wives'

Sir John Falstaff is a liar. And a blowhard. His gluttonous behavior seems topped only by his cowardice. He openly exercises his crudest animal urges, but the world embraces him anyway. William Shakespeare's best clown, and arguably his richest character after Hamlet, serves as Prince Hal's lovably flawed sidekick in plays about Henry IV. Those adventures reportedly inspired Queen Elizabeth to ask Shakespeare to write a piece about Falstaff falling in love. That ensuing effort, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," became one of the Bard's most popular comedies, primarily because of Falstaff's antics, which include trying to woo two rich married women (Mistress Ford and Mistress Page) at once, with the equivalent of a form letter.

• The Columbian
• August 23, 2006

• An Excellent Falstaff Highlights 'Henry Iv'

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, Shakespeare's most jolly knight, is back and, as played by Larry Miller in Virginia Shakespeare Festival's "Henry IV, Part I," is more salacious, guzzling, bragging and lying than ever. The historical epic, which in its more serious moments dramatizes the political machinations of a royal rebellion, is part of the festival's 26th season.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• July 30, 2004