An offering of the Lewes Public Library Shakespeare Festival, this 1965 film was created by Orson Welles as a mashup of several of Shakespeare’s plays. The plot focuses on the character of Sir John Falstaff (from several plays, most notably Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Parts I and II) and the relationship he has with young Henry V. Featuring Welles as Falstaff, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal (the young Henry V), and Sir John Gielgud as King Henry IV, the film unfolds as both a comedy and drama as the foibles of the gregarious and drunken Falstaff are set against the ominous texture of civil war.

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The Shakespeare Festival, a program of the Lewes Public Library since 2015, seeks to provide the community with experiences that foster the understanding of Shakespeare and the world in which he lived and wrote. In addition the Festival fosters the development of new works celebrating the spoken word and hosting performances of classical texts.

The Festival is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com. The Festival also is supported in part by Browseabout Books and the John and Sarah Freeman Foundation.