Overview
Character Name
Sir John Falstaff
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: D4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Windsor, England, 16th Century
Analysis
Sir John Falstaff is a knight with a bad reputation for licentiousness, and gluttony. The character of Falstaff first appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, but really comes to the fore in The Merry Wives of Windsor. He is mature in years, and often portrayed as a
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