{"id":529,"date":"2014-04-24T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/?p=529"},"modified":"2019-03-14T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:48:46","slug":"meet-falstaff-shakespeares-witty-rouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/meet-falstaff-shakespeares-witty-rouge\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Falstaff! &#8211; Shakespeare&#8217;s Witty Rouge"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1>Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to the cast of our 2014 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. We begin with the merry knight, the bawdy bandit, the &#8220;villainous abominable misleader of youth,&#8221;\u00a0Sir John Falstaff!<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_530\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/files\/2014\/04\/falstaffblog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-530\" alt=\"John Lister\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/files\/2014\/04\/falstaffblog-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/files\/2014\/04\/falstaffblog-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/files\/2014\/04\/falstaffblog-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/files\/2014\/04\/falstaffblog.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Lister<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Producing Artistic Director Grant Mudge is pleased to announce that Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival veteran\u00a0<strong>John Lister<\/strong>\u00a0will play audience favorite\u00a0<strong>Falstaff<\/strong> in this summer&#8217;s Professional Company production of <em><strong>Henry IV<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>John returns to the Festival having previously appeared in <i>Romeo and Juliet, Henry V <\/i>and <i>The Comedy of Errors.<\/i> Chicago credits include: <i>Show Boat<\/i> (Lyric Opera of Chicago); <i>The Crucible<\/i> (Steppenwolf Theatre); <i>Guys and Dolls<\/i> (Marriott Lincolnshire); six seasons of <i>A Christmas Carol <\/i>(The Goodman Theatre); <i>Yellow Moon, Heartbreak House, As You Like It <\/i>(Writers Theatre); <i>Lady Windermere\u2019s Fan, Red Herring, She Stoops To Conquer, Inherit The Wind, Tom Jones <\/i>(Northlight); <i>Northanger Abbey<\/i> (Remy Bumppo) and more than a dozen productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Regional credits include productions with American Player\u2019s Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Peninsula Players and The International Mystery Writer\u2019s Festival. Film and Television credits include:\u00a0 <i>Public Enemies <\/i>(Universal); <i>Animals <\/i>(Animals, LLC); <i>Prison Break <\/i>(FOX) and <i>The Beast<\/i> (A&amp;E).<\/p>\n<p>Born in Dundee Scotland, John was raised in West Lafayette Indiana. He received a Bachelors degree in Theatre Performance from Ball State University and a Masters degree in Acting from Michigan State University.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to John\u2019s portrayal of Shakespeare&#8217;s beloved rouge, Sir John Falstaff!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to the cast of our 2014 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. We begin with the merry knight, the bawdy bandit, the &#8220;villainous abominable misleader of youth,&#8221;\u00a0Sir John Falstaff! 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