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Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries by Antony Sher
bookshelves: spring-2015, nonfiction, autobiography-memoir, art-forms, radio-4, published-2015, arch, epistolatory-diary-blog, bellybutton-mining, bloat
Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read from May 05 to 08, 2015
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05ssng2Description: Antony Sher recounts the year in which he created and performed his version of Shakespeare's Falstaff - despite never intending to undertake such an iconic role.
Thirty years ago, a promising young actor published his account of preparing for and playing the role of Richard III. Antony Sher's Year of the King has since become a classic of theatre literature.
In 2014, Sher - now in his sixties - was cast as Falstaff in Gregory Doran's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the two parts of Henry IV. Both the production and Sher's Falstaff were acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, with Sher winning the Critics' Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Performance.
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. Read by Antony Sher
1/5: Year of the Fat Knight is Antony Sher's account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's best-known and most popular characters.
2/5: While rehearsing Falstaff, Sher films a scene in the Hobbit with Ian McKellen
Gandalf and Thrain - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Extended Edition
3/5: Getting to grips with the fat suit4/5: Running two shows 5/5: After a year of rehearsals, Falstaff takes to the stage.Meet the actors - Antony Sher | Henry IV part I | Royal Shakespeare Company
Sher as Falstaff in action on the stage: Henry IV Part I | Act II Scene IV | 2014 | Royal Shakespeare Company
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