Mistress Quickly

Eleanor Quickly
Henriad character
Falstaff and Mistress Quickly from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Francis Philip Stephanoff, c. 1840
First appearanceHenry IV, part I
Last appearanceHenry V
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
In-universe information
NicknameNell
OccupationInnkeeper
ReligionChristian
NationalityEnglish

Mistress Nell Quickly is a fictional character who appears in several plays by William Shakespeare. She is an inn-keeper, who runs the Boar's Head Tavern, at which Sir John Falstaff and his disreputable cronies congregate.

The character appears in four plays: Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.