is a minor character in King John. Sir Hugh Evans is a Welsh priest in The Merry Wives of Windsor. He is challenged to a duel by Caius. He plays a fairy in the final act. Exeter: The Duke of Exeter (1) (hist) is an uncle of Henry V. He acts as emissary to the French King in Henry V. He has a more choric role in Henry VI, Part 1. The Duke of Exeter (2) (hist) is a Lancastrian leader in Henry VI, Part 3. Sir Piers of Exton (fict) murders the deposed King Richard in Richard II. F Fabian is a servant to Olivia, and one of the conspirators against Malvolio, in Twelfth Night. A Fairy flirts with Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sir John Falstaff (fict, but see Sir John Oldcastle and Sir John Fastolfe) is a central character of Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In the Henry plays, he is "bad angel" to prince Hal, and is eventually rejected by him. He is the lecherous gull of the title characters in Merry Wives. His death is reported in Henry V, although he is not a character in that play. He is perhaps the most famous supporting role in all of Shakespeare. Fang is a constable in Henry IV, part 2. Sir John Fastolfe (hist) is a coward, stripped of his garter in Henry VI, Part 1. A Father who has killed his son at the Battle of Towton appears in Henry VI, Part 3. See also Son. Faulconbridge: Lady Faulconbridge (fict) confesses to her son, the Bastard, that Richard the Lionheart, and not her husband, was his true father, in King John. Philip (the Bastard) Faulconbridge (fict) is a central character in King John, the bravest and most articulate of John's supporters. Robert Faulconbridge (fict) is the legitimate brother of the bastard in King John. He inherits his father's property. Feeble is pressed into military service by Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 2. Ferdinand: Ferdinand is the only son of Alonzo (King of Naples) in The Tempest. Ferdinand falls in love with Miranda, and his love is tested by Prospero. See also King of Navarre, whose first name is Ferdinand. Fenton is a suitor to Anne Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Feste is the clown and musician in Twelfth Night: a foil for Malvolio.