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Falstaff and Prince Henry in lively conversation
The Boar’s Head. Falstaff drinks with his companions!
Falstaff’s wit is so mercurial, he always keeps the upper hand!
Falstaff the con-man, Falstaff the teller of outrageous fibs!
In the countryside, Falstaff and his gang plan a robbery at night
Prince Henry attacks them and retrieves the cash, badly wounding Falstaff in the process
Falstaff flirts with Mistress Quickly, the innkeeper, and Dolly Tearsheet, his favorite harlot
Exhausted, Falstaff falls asleep; his snores fill the room
He dreams of years gone by, when he was a page-boy at court—young, elegant and slim!
He is sent to enlist soldiers for the army
All he manages to find is a motley, makeshift crew of misfits!
Leading his army, Falstaff enters the fray...
Exhausted by the battle, he escapes to the home of his friend in Gloucestershire—Justice Shallow
Interlude: In Shallow’s orchard
The news arrives: the King is dead! Long live King Henry V!
Falstaff rushes to London, confident of a new position at court; he witnesses the coronation
Outside Westminster Abbey, his old friend—now King Henry—abruptly
dismisses him and his followers
Falstaff, rejected and alone, his wits failing, dies
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