Robert Wilson (dramatist) character in the original versions of William Shakespeare's plays "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Henry IV, Part 2". Objections from descendants of the historical John Oldcastle, a Protestant martyr, appears to have been responsible both for the writing of the corrective "Oldcastle" play and the alteration of Oldcastle to Sir John Falstaff in later versions of the "Henry IV" plays. Also, Wilson has been proposed as a possible author of several anonymous Elizabethan plays, including "Fair Em", "The Pedlar's Prophecy", "A Larum for London", "Look About You", "Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes", and "A Knack to Know a Knave". As
Bell Shakespeare they performed "Antony and Cleopatra", which toured to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, "Julius Caesar", which as the 2018 National Tour travelled to 27 venues across Australia, and "The Misanthrope" which played in Sydney. Their 2019 season includes an adaption of "The Miser" and the 2019 National Tour "Much Ado About Nothing", with one more show still to be announced. One of the Company's artistic goals is "to use Shakespeare as Australians", and Bell Shakespeare is well known for using contemporary styles to make Shakespeare accessible for modern audiences. Founded by John Bell in 1990, Bell Shakespeare began as a theatre