A fat knight? : February-March 2013 -- Character acting : April-September 2013 -- All those lines : September-December 2013 -- Three rehearsal rooms : December 2013-March 2014 -- Fat knight, first night : March-April 2014 -- Epilogue : April 2014.
Summary:
"Year of the Fat Knight is Antony Sher's account -- splendidly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches -- of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's best-known and most popular characters. He tells us how he had doubts about playing the part at all, how he sought to reconcile Falstaff's obesity, drunkenness, cowardice and charm, how he wrestled with the fat suit needed to bulk him up, and how he explored the complexities and contradictions of this comic yet often dangerous personality. On the way, Sher paints a uniquely close-up portrait of the RSC at work."--Book jacket.
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