Falstaff On the Road: Or, Why Dickens Was Right About America by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy, Lewis B. Cullman Center

James H. Hackett as Falstaff. Image ID: TH-26477 Shakespeare's Star Turn in America focuses on production of Shakespeare's works in North American theaters and why certain plays were popular at specific times. However, it became obvious in our research that some plays are popular because actors want to do them. A prime example of this phenomenon is the almost constant production of the Falstaff plays"King Henry IV, …

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