I'm skipping the hero/heroine, villain/female villain categories for the moment because that will take some thought and I am at work.
I think you are right in that Falstaff is not a clown. I tend to link him with Mercutio. They were necessary in the beginnings of both of their stories, but they both had to die in order for things to progress. Could Prince Hal have become King Henry if Falstaff had lived?
As for Feste, ah! dear Feste. How I love that cruel maniac. But my favorite clown remains the merry wanderer of the night, Robin Goodfellow, aka Puck.
I once played him in a little production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in New Mexico. In the scene where he is first introduced, I got to seduce (a quite lovely) fairy. Good times. :)
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I think you are right in that Falstaff is not a clown. I tend to link him with Mercutio. They were necessary in the beginnings of both of their stories, but they both had to die in order for things to progress. Could Prince Hal have become King Henry if Falstaff had lived?
As for Feste, ah! dear Feste. How I love that cruel maniac. But my favorite clown remains the merry wanderer of the night, Robin Goodfellow, aka Puck.
I once played him in a little production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in New Mexico. In the scene where he is first introduced, I got to seduce (a quite lovely) fairy. Good times. :)