Category: Chimes at Midnight

  • Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)

    Singular Shakespeare adaptation from Welles. Based on Shakespeare’s HENRY plays, focusing on the Falstaff character (played by Welles), the film tracks the boisterous relationship between Falstaff and Prince Hal (someday Henry V), played by Keith Baxter. Henry IV (John Gielgud) strongly disapproves of the friendship, which distracts Baxter from warring like pretender-to-the-throne Norman Rodway. Truly…