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Falstaff, by Verdi and Shakespeare.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theatre performances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file)
- Distribution:
- London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.
- Other Title:
- Bloomsbury Video Library.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, CT.: Creative Arts Television. 1989.
- Summary:
- The character of Falstaff as seen by Shakespeare and Verdi: performance of scenes from Verdi's <i>Falstaff</i> by Geraint Evans and Regina Resnik (Falstaff and Mistress Quickly respectively at the New York City Metropolitan Opera's production), and Maynard Mack, Professor of English at Yale University. Includes a photo montage of stages of make-up construction for Evans and Resnik. Key discussion points of the film: Did Verdi change the Shakespearean character of Falstaff? Verdi's identification with Falstaff. Who really was Falstaff? .
- Credits:
- Director, Nick Havinga ; producer, Sig Moglen ; screenwriter, Stephan Chodorov.
- ISBN:
- 9781350911048
- OCLC:
- 1356503883
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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