Fatsoff: Being the Very Tragical Comical History of the Life of the Real Falstaff as Told by the Fake One

Shakespeare’s Falstaff—lusty, proudly cowardly, and plump—narrates and mocks the slim knight he was based on, Sir John (“Jack”) Fastolfe, arch-foe of Joan of Arc. Touting his own exploitation of women, Falstaff derides Fastolfe’s warrior adventurism, and is delighted to see him humiliated by Joan on the battlefield, falling in love with her ghost, and pathetically defending his lost honor. Joan rules over both in the afterlife.