Overview
Character Name
Pistol
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
15th century; england and france
Analysis
Pistol is one of Falstaff’s companions from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part II and we see him, once more, in Henry V. Pistol is quite the combination of a thief, a coward, a racist, and a braggart- and manages to be all of these things while also serving in the King’s army. He
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