It is difficult to imagine how a young girl could cope with the physical demands of playing Shakespeare’s crook-backed King Richard III ... she tackled the portly Falstaff.

When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, ...

However, the old king is convinced by Hal that is not the case and Bolingbroke passes away at ease. Learning that Hal has been crowned, Falstaff returns to London expecting to be showered with riches.