A major comic figure in both parts of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Falstaff was a good friend of the young Henry (Hal) who, according to legend and Shakespeare, influenced the prince to a life of thievery and debauchery. Falstaff was rejected by Henry on the occasion of Henry's coronation, and lies dying in Mistress Quickly's tavern at the beginning of Henry V. In the conclusion of the second part of Henry IV, Shakespeare promises that Falstaff will make a return in the next installment of the story — and technically he is "in" the play, though he does not appear. (Falstaff is also a major character in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, though he little resembles the larger-than-life character in the Henriad.)