Eastcheap

Eastcheap anchors the Boar's Head Tavern in London, linking a brief exchange about Falstaff's whereabouts to the explicit setting of the next tavern scene.

Setting

The play identifies Eastcheap as the location of the Boar's Head Tavern in London. This places the tavern within a named urban setting rather than leaving it as an unspecified meeting place.

Mention in Dialogue

Prince Henry asks Bardolph where Falstaff is, referring to him as the old boar and asking whether he feeds in the old frank. Bardolph answers that he is at the old place, in Eastcheap. The exchange makes the district a familiar destination for the characters before the stage direction names the tavern directly.

Dramatic Use

The next scene is explicitly set in the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap and opens with two drawers entering. The movement from a question about Falstaff's location to a scene-setting direction ties the conversational reference to the play's enacted setting.