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Ned Poins Edward "Ned" Poins, generally referred to as "Poins", is a fictional character who appears in two plays by Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Henry IV, Part 2". He is also mentioned in "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Poins is Prince Hal's closest friend during his wild youth. He devises various schemes to ridicule Falstaff, his rival for Hal's affections.
Heroic drama Heroic drama is a type of play popular during the Restoration era in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter. The subgenre of heroic drama evolved through several works of the middle to later 1660s; John Dryden's "The Indian Emperour" (1665) and Roger Boyle's "The Black Prince" (1667) were key developments.