:User:MJL/Philip Faulconbridge

At the start of King John, Philip Faulconbridge is embroiled in an inheritance dispute with his half-brother, Robert who makes claims as to the former's legitimacy.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/workswilliamsha12congoog |title=The Works of William Shakespeare |last=O'Connor |first=Evangeline Maria |publisher=J.D. Morris and Co. |year=1901 |volume=12 |location=Philadelphia |pages=209-225 |language=en |chapter=Critical Comments |oclc=84579818 |access-date=28 July 2019 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/workswilliamsha12congoog/page/n208}} While Philip is the older of the two sons of the late Sir Faulconbridge,{{cite book |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=103331CLC25270091001500&site=ehost-live |title=Cyclopedia of Literary Characters |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=0-89356-438-9 |edition=Revised 3rd |location=England |publication-date=February 1998 |pages=1-2 |type=Work Analysis |id=103331CLC25270091001500 |access-date=27 July 2019 |url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOHost}} it is revealed he is actually the illegitimate son of Richard the Lionheart.{{cite book |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=25835687&site=ehost-live |title=Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-06-270110-7 |page=342 |language=en |type=Reference Entry |id=25835687 |access-date=27 July 2019 |url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOHost}}

Throughout the play, he commands the majority of the forces of King John.

Most editions of the play simply refer to Faulconbridge as The *******, and the character is primarily viewed through this lense.

The character of Philip Faulconbridge is generally contrasted by literary critics with the titular character King John of England.{{cite journal |last=Carroll |first=Brian |date=2013 |title=The Kingly Bastard & the Bastardly King: Nation, Imagination, and Agency in Shakespeare's King John. |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=99147059&site=ehost-live |journal=Journal of the Wooden O Symposium |type=Article |volume=13 |pages=1-24 |issn=1539-5758 |id=99147059 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2019 |via=EBSCOHost (Academic Search Premier)}}{{cite journal |last=Anderson |first=Thomas |date=Fall-Winter 2004 |title="Legitimation, Name, and All is Gone": Bastardy and Bureaucracy in Shakespeare's King John. |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=brb&AN=509749314&site=ehost-live |journal=Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies |type=Bibliographic footnotes |language=en |publisher=Indiana University Press |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=27, 35- 61 |issn=15310485 |id=509749314 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2019 |via=EBSCOHost}}

Several notable actors have played Faulconbridge in performances of King John.

• Ian Kahn at the New Jersey Shakespeare Theater in 2003.{{cite journal |last=Daniels |first=Robert L. |date=5 August 2003 |title=King John |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A107215545/GPS?u=20300&sid=GPS&xid=a8772c8e |journal=Daily Variety |type=Theater review |language=en |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC |volume=280 |issue=22 |pages=8+ |id=GALE{{!}}A107215545 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2019 |via=Gale OneFile: Business}}{{cite journal |last=Rizzo |first=Frank L. |date=5 August 2003 |title=King John |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A135338383/GPS?u=20300&sid=GPS&xid=638d5d19 |journal=Daily Variety |type=Theater review |publisher=Penske Business Media |volume=288 |issue=24 |page=14 |id=GALE{{!}}A135338383 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2019 |via=Gale OneFile: Business}}
• Jonathan Goad at the Stratford Festival in 2004.{{cite news |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=6FP3032609141&site=ehost-live |title=Rare King John on solid ground |last=Crew |first=Robert |date=22 August 2004 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=27 July 2019 |language=en |issn=0319-0781 |id=6FP3032609141 |url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOHost}}{{cite news |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=MYO422426497504&site=ehost-live |title=Shakespeare's King John at Stratford Festival features strong cast |last=Cudworth |first=Laura |date=24 August 2004 |work=The Canadian Press |access-date=27 July 2019 |location=Stratford, Ont. |language=en |id=MYO422426497504 |via=EBSCOHost |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=6FP0067133217&site=ehost-live |title=Few surprises in Stratford's 2004 casting |last=Crew |first=Robert |date=11 May 2003 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=27 July 2019 |language=en |issn=0319-0781 |id=6FP0067133217 |url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOHost}}
• Christopher Brown at the Eleventh Hour Theatre in 2005.{{cite news |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=200511141090762318&site=ehost-live |title=The Life and Death of King John |last=Boyd |first=Chris |date=14 November 2005 |work=Herald Sun |access-date=27 July 2019 |location=Melbourne |language=en |id=200511141090762318 |url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOHost}}
• Joseph Millson at the Swan Theatre in 2006.{{cite news |url=http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=UHL235830590006&site=ehost-live |title=TheatreReview: Shakespeare at full throttle |last=Chilton |first=Steve |date=7 August 2006 |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |access-date=28 July 2019 |publisher=Coventry Newspapers Ltd. |language=en |id=UHL235830590006 |via=EBSCOHost}}
• Pippa Nixon for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/apr/16/rsc-king-john-women |title=RSC's King John throws women into battle |last=Costa |first=Maddy |date=16 April 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 July 2019 |language=en}}
• Kate Eastwood Norris at the Folger Theatre in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/noteworthy-plays-over-the-next-few-weeks-all-approved-by-post-critics/2018/10/30/e410586c-d879-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html |title=Noteworthy plays over the next few weeks, all approved by Post critics |last=Marks |first=Peter |date=31 October 2018 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=27 July 2019 |language=en |id=EBSCOHost [http://search.ebscohost.com.mxcc.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=wapo.e410586c-d879-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756&site=ehost-live wapo.e410586c-d879-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756]File:Lock-red-alt-2.svg |url-access=limited}}{{cite web |url=https://www.folger.edu/cast/kate-eastwood-norris |title=Kate Eastwood Norris |date=2014-12-16 |website=Folger Shakespeare Library |language=en |access-date=2019-07-27}}

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