Word: fluellen
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...Canterbury does not seem religious (properly so, perhaps), but he injects a wonderful bit of humor into his long sophistry over the "Salique law" by following each occurrence of the word "daughter" with a "hmm?" Lester Rawlins makes a rich and colorful figure of the valorous Welsh captain Fluellen...
Fortunately, the role (and the play) is almost actorproof, and anyway Mr. Harvey was frequently satisfactory in quieter moments. In the supporting cast, Joseph O'Connor was an excellent Chorus, and Richard Wordsworth and Dudley Jones made more of Pistol and Fluellen than anybody, including Shakespeare, could have expected...
...character. Sylvia Gassel as Mistress Quickly has a lovely, silvery scene of mourning over the death of Falstaff. Felicia Montealegre is delightful in both French and English as the Princess Katharine, who is wooed in the last act by the half-bashful Henry. Paul Sparer as the Welsh captain Fluellen is admirable as both a pedant and a patriot. Indeed, Fluellen's comic scenes are much more successful than those of the thieving Pistol, played by Ian Keith. Pistol's humor is obvious and heavy at best, and Keith seems to bear down a little harder than the role...