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Michael Anderegg
Chimes at Midnight: Orson Welles is Falstaff
Shakespeare and Beyond
Chimes at Midnight: Orson Welles is Falstaff
Chimes at Midnight, the 1966 film directed by and starring Orson Welles, constructs a rich, complex, and moving portrait of the larger-than-life Sir John Falstaff, who appears in three of Shakespeare’s plays and is among the best-known characters in all…
Was it the first Shakespeare film? The silent King John
Shakespeare and Beyond
Was it the first Shakespeare film? The silent King John
With Herbert Beerbohm Tree as the king, the four-minute silent movie “King John” (1899) is often called “the first Shakespeare film,” as Michael Anderegg explains. Watch the surviving one-minute fragment and learn more about its theatrical star.