Boar’s Head Tavern
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| 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.
this entity surface form:
Boar's Head Tavern
this entity surface form:
The Boar’s Head Tavern
this entity surface form:
Boar's Head Tavern