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For a performer who was so comfortably Falstaffian, Gambon was remarkably supple in his emotional range, moving from tyrannical to tender with breathtaking ease.

In Paris, he’s charged with confronting Hemingway, who has assembled a band of resistance fighters but mainly seems to be a Falstaffian self-parody, playacting at past glories.

It shows a gaunt Corbyn, staring fixedly ahead, alongside a chunky, Falstaffian Johnson, a mischievous smile on his lips.

Even flat on his back, he cut a shockingly large, Falstaffian figure.

He is Falstaffian when jolly with loathing for Obama, and a Sydney Greenstreet–like kingpin when lifting a finger to squash a career.