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Balzac seems to think he was real:
The Real Falstaff is a book by Michael Jones about the real John Falstaff
so much for wikipedia...
"Also appears in Titus Andronicus as a technical character." - What does "technical character" mean in this context? I find no mention of Falstaff in a quick search of the text of T.A. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.235.135 ( talk • contribs)
"But the one play he has the main part in is Murder on the Highway, a play containing various charactors from various Shakaspeare plays." A grade school student getting back at Wikipedia? Removed. Eivanec 14:47, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
No mention here of Falstaff's notorious drinking place: The Boars Head Tavern in Eastcheap. Colin4C 09:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
It says in the article that Falstaff has the second most amount of lines after Hamlet, but I don't think this is true: with the lines he has in Henry V combined with those he has in 1HIV and 2HIV, surely Prince Hal has more? I don't have an edition where I can check this is the case, but I'm almost 100% sure... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.216.224 ( talk) 02:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
It doesn't make sense to count appearances in more than one play towards size of part! You are not comparing like with like. It will also be difficult to compare Falstaff's lines with Hamlet's, as one speaks mainly in prose and the other mainly in verse. Counting prose lines will vary much more between editions. Re the article, surely there is no question that the Hostess in "Henry V" is Mistress Quickly? I don't see why there should be. Her husband calls her "the quondam (former) Quickly" in Act 2, Scene 1.
82.10.145.63 ( talk) 16:23, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I am not aware - and am sure I would be - that SRB has played Falstaff at Shakespeare's Globe. Only filmed the part for TV. The Globe Falstaffs I am aware of are Christopher Benjamin and Roger Allam. Could be checked with the theatre.
Rogersansom ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
This section violated Wikipedia:NOR, as it synthesized a conclusion based on many sources, but not a part of ANY of the sources. Tapered ( talk) 08:00, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
What's in the popular culture section is the most worthless trivia and ephemera. 82.26.127.248 ( talk) 22:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Regarding the "Print" section: is it possible that the Isaac Asimov character of Fastolfe, who appears several times in the Robot Trilogy (Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn), be based on this Shakespearian character? 00-nero ( talk) 08:33, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Falstaff is pretty clearly the inspiration for the Marvel Comics character "Volstagg" (just look at the spelling), a supporting character in the Thor comics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.33.17 ( talk) 18:06, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
The article starts by saying "Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who is mentioned in five plays by William Shakespeare and appears on stage in three of them."
I have Appearances: Henry IV pt 1, Henry IV pt 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor
and one mention: Henry V (his death)
Is there another mention? I can't find one. I don't want to edit the text and then be wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.28.115 ( talk) 10:46, 5 May 2018 (UTC)