Sly yet sweet Falstaff in 'Henry IV, 1 and 2'

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 11, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Matt Wolf
International Herald Tribune
05-11-2005
You've got to hand it to Nicholas Hytner: As he begins his third year at the helm of the National Theatre, fairly indisputably the pre-eminent theatrical address in the English-speaking world, this is one director who shows no signs of flagging. Hytner began his regime two years ago with a modern-dress ''Henry V,'' which re-imagined a potentially rabble-rousing play in the light of the early days of the conflict in Iraq. Now, Hytner has tackled that play's two-part ''prequel'' a word unknown in Shakespeare's day. And though his epic staging ...

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