Dorothy "Doll" Tearsheet | |
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Henriad character | |
First appearance | Henry IV, Part 2 |
Created by | William Shakespeare |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Prostitute |
Religion | Christian |
Nationality | English |
Dorothy "Doll" Tearsheet is a fictional character who appears in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 2. She is a prostitute who frequents the Boar's Head Inn in Eastcheap. Doll is close friends with Mistress Quickly, the proprietress of the tavern, who procures her services for Falstaff.
Doll is noted for her wide repertoire of colourful insults and her sudden switches from wild tirades to sentimental intimacy and back again.