Boar’s Head Tavern

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fictional location fictional tavern inn

Boar’s Head Tavern is a fictional London inn in Shakespeare’s history plays, best known as the lively haunt of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal.

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Label Occurrences
Boar’s Head Tavern canonical 4
Boar's Head Tavern 2
The Boar’s Head Tavern 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional tavern ⓘ
inn ⓘ
appearsInWork Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
Henry V (play) ⓘ
surface form: Henry V
associatedWithCharacter Bardolph ⓘ
Doll Tearsheet ⓘ
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: Henry, Prince of Wales

Mistress Quickly ⓘ
Peto ⓘ
Poins ⓘ
Prince Hal ⓘ
Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
associatedWithGenre comedy subplot ⓘ
history play ⓘ
contrastsWith royal court ⓘ
country England ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticFunction comic relief ⓘ
social contrast with nobility ⓘ
space for role-playing and mock kingship ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Shakespearean histories ⓘ
firstPerformanceCentury 16th century ⓘ
genre Elizabethan drama ⓘ
hasPatronCharacter Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
hasProprietorCharacter Mistress Quickly ⓘ
inspiredBy real Boar’s Head Inn in Eastcheap, London ⓘ
languageOfWork Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryStatus iconic tavern in Shakespearean drama ⓘ
locatedIn Eastcheap ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
medium stage play ⓘ
notableScene Prince Hal’s rejection of Falstaff reported in Henry V (offstage legacy of tavern world) ⓘ
mock interview of King Henry IV by Falstaff and Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
notableThemeContext transformation of Prince Hal into King Henry V ⓘ
settingOf comic scenes in Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
comic scenes in Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
scenes involving Falstaff and his companions ⓘ
settingType low-life urban milieu ⓘ
symbolizes popular culture ⓘ
riotous living ⓘ
youthful misrule ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir John Falstaff → frequents → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
Mistress Quickly → associatedWith → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
Eastcheap, London → fictionalAssociation → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boar's Head Tavern
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists → hasPart → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Boar’s Head Tavern
Eastcheap → fictionalAssociation → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
Doll Tearsheet → associatedWith → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
Prince Hal → associatedWithPlace → Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boar's Head Tavern