Falstaff’s company

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Falstaff’s company is the ragtag band of disreputable followers and drinking companions who surround Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare’s history plays.

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Label Occurrences
Falstaff’s company canonical 1
Falstaff’s entourage 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character group
fictional group
supporting characters
appearsInWork Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
The Merry Wives of Windsor
associatedWithPerson 1 Henry IV
surface form: King Henry IV

Prince Hal
associatedWithPlace The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
surface form: Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap

London, England
surface form: London
characteristic comic
cowardly in battle
disreputable
hard-drinking
ragtag
createdBy William Shakespeare
engagesIn drinking
tavern brawls
thievery
witty banter
hasMember Bardolph
Doll Tearsheet
Gadshill
Mistress Quickly
Nym
Peto
Pistol
Poins
Sir John Falstaff
various unnamed drawers and tapsters
influences later depictions of comic soldiers
languageOfWork Early Modern English
literaryGenre history play
nationalContextInFiction England
relatedTheme cowardice
friendship
honor
social class
tavern life
roleInNarrative comic relief
foil to courtly honor
timePeriodInFiction reign of Henry IV of England

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Bardolph allegiance Falstaff’s company
Pistol alignment Falstaff’s company
this entity surface form: Falstaff’s entourage