"To the historical material Shakespeare added
the characters of Pistol, Gym, Bardolph,
Hostess (Mistress Quickly) and Sir John Falstaff.
These were the people Prince Hal hung out with in
Henry IV 1 & 2. "
<nitpick>
Gym ==> Nym ??
Bardolph, Quickly, and Falstaff were in IV.1;
Pistol is added to the group in IV.2;
Nym does not appear until Henry V, when Falstaff
dies offstage, requiring no actor to play the part.
Bolingbroke, not Bollingbroke -- Richard II
</nitpick>
...it makes me wonder about the accuracy of the other info...
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