SOURCE: "Falstaff as a Woman," in Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Vol. X, No. 1, Fall, 1995, pp. 31-41.
In the essay below, originally presented in 1989, Moss argues that the figure of Falstaff disguised as a woman is a symbol of our own childlike need for play through dressing up and "theatricality."
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