"Dogberry Dogberry is a character created by William Shakespeare for his play, ""Much Ado About Nothing"". He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a ""self-satisfied night constable"" with an inflated view of his own importance as the leader of a group of comically bumbling police watchmen. Dogberry is notable for his numerous malapropisms, which sometimes are referred to as ""dogberryisms"" after him. The Dogberry character was created for William Kempe, who played comic roles in Shakespeare's theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men. In the play, Dogberry is the chief of the citizen-police in Messina. He is first seen instructing"
"Dogberry's injunction"". Dogberry was almost certainly created to be performed by William Kempe, as the names ""Kemp"" and ""Kem"" are sometimes accidentally substituted for the character-name in the published version of the play. Dogberry was played by the noted comedy actor Samuel Johnson during the 1880s and 1890s for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre in London. John Martin-Harvey described him as the acknowledged Shakespearean clown of his day, and his portrayal of Dogberry (1882 and 1893) reflects this claim. In a noted 1976 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production set in India during the British Raj, John Woodvine played Dogberry"
"thunderbolt. The ghosts fall on their knees."" The actors in Shakespeare's company included the famous Richard Burbage, William Kempe, Henry Condell and John Heminges. Burbage played the leading role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including ""Richard III"", ""Hamlet"", ""Othello"", and ""King Lear"". The popular comic actor Will Kempe played the servant Peter in ""Romeo and Juliet"" and Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"", among other characters. He was replaced around 1600 by Robert Armin, who played roles such as Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" and the fool in ""King Lear"". In 1613, Sir Henry Wotton"
"England and attended Fairfield High School and Warrington Collegiate Institute before being accepted to RADA on the acting programme in 2002. Whilst in high school he was a member of the Musketeer Theatre Company where he played Dogberry in William Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing"" amongst other roles. At just 17 he wrote a play called ""Divorced and Desperate"" which ran at the Queen's Hall Theatre, Widnes, for three nights. A year later he wrote and starred in the play ""The Boy in the Bed"" at the Tower Theatre, Islington with financial backing from Barbara Windsor and Julie Walters to"
"the Elizabethan common name for the fruit of the Common Dogwood (""Cornus sanguinea""), considered lowly and inferior to other edible berries. Shakespeare appears to be poking mild fun at the amateur police forces of his day, in which respectable citizens spent a fixed number of nights per year fulfilling an obligation to protect the public peace, a job for which they were, by and large, unqualified. Dogberry and his crew, however, are also given a thematic function, for it is they who (accidentally) uncover the plot of Don John and begin the process of restoration that leads to the play’s"
"to understand Dogberry's nonsensical description of the supposed crimes, but allows Dogberry to examine them. His absurd pseudo-legal rhetoric confuses matters even more, but when the Prince arrives at the truth about Don John, the plot is revealed and the arrested man confesses. Dogberry is rewarded for his diligence and leaves. As is usual in Shakespearean comedy, and Renaissance comedy generally, he is a figure of comic incompetence. The humour of Dogberry’s character is his frequent use of malapropism, a product of his pretentiousness, as he attempts to use sophisticated terminology with disastrous results. The name of the character is"
"filmed as ""King John"" (1899), the earliest known example of any film based on Shakespeare. For Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the Haymarket Theatre Calvert played Francis Flute in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" in 1900, and Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"" in 1905. Of Calvert's interpretation of Dogberry, George Bernard Shaw wrote in the ""Saturday Review"": ""To Mr Calvert [the dialogue] is as natural as his native speech; he makes it clear, expressive and vivid without the least preoccupation."" In 1904 Calvert created the role of Tom Broadbent in George Bernard Shaw's ""John Bull's Other Island"" at the Royal Court"
"University College London, where he read English and performed in the university's dramatic society. Wymark trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in ""Othello"" in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of Shakespearean roles, including Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"", Stephano in ""The Tempest"", Marullus in ""Julius Caesar"" and Bottom in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Other stage credits included the"
"on 4 May 2017. From November 2017 into 2018, Edmondson played the character of Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night"". In September 2018, Edmondson featured as Sergeant Dogberry in the episode ""Sigh No More"" of Ben Elton's ""Upstart Crow"". In 1984, Edmondson formed the spoof Heavy Metal band Bad News as part of ""The Comic Strip Presents..."" series with ""Comic Strip"" regulars Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson. The band proved popular, and they released two singles (neither of which reached the top 40) and two studio albums. They also played a series of"
"Sydney. Fountain wrote two more plays for Bourne: ""H-O-T-B-O-I"", which was produced at Soho Theatre in 2004 (originally ""Deep Rimming in Poplar"" at its premiere at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow); and ""Rock"" in 2008. Bourne was part of the Donmar Warehouse production of ""The Vortex"" in 2002, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award. In 2005, he appeared in ""Read My Hips"" at The Drill Hall in London, playing the gay 20th-century Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy living in Alexandria. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played Dogberry in Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing"" at London's Novello Theatre"
"of the humor, the performances, and Branagh's lively direction, of which he wrote, ""This film cements Branagh's status as a great director of Shakespeare, and perhaps of film in general, as well."" Conversely, Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" wrote the film a negative review, praising some moments as ""invigorating fun"", but ultimately calling it ""overripe."" Most of the negative criticisms focused on particular casting choices, notably Keanu Reeves as Don John, and Michael Keaton as Dogberry. For his performance in the film, Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, where he lost to Woody Harrelson"
"theatre credits, he starred with Jane Asher and Brian Murphy in the Romain Weingarten play ""Summer"" at the Fortune Theatre in 1968, appeared as Malvolio in ""Twelfth Night"" at the Bankside Globe in 1973 (reprising the role at the Ludlow Festival 15 years later), was Michael Crawford's father in ""Billy"" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1974, returned to Nottingham Playhouse in 1977 to play Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"" and appeared opposite David Suchet in the John Hopkins play ""This Story of Yours"" (Hampstead Theatre, 1987). In his final decade he appeared in major revivals of ""My"
"of hired men who acted minor and doubled parts; and a slightly smaller number of boy players, who were sometimes bound apprentices to an adult actor. The original sharers in the Chamberlain's were eight. Probably the most famous in the mid-1590s was William Kempe, who had been in the company of the Earl of Leicester in the 1580s, and had later joined the King's Men. As the company's clown, he presumably took the broadest comic role in every play; he is identified with Peter in the quarto of ""Romeo and Juliet"", and probably also originated Dogberry in ""Much Ado About"
"gallowglass wore a mail shirt over a padded jacket and an iron helmet; he was usually accompanied by two boys (like a knight's squires), one of whom carried his throwing spears while the other carried his provisions. Shakespeare mentions gallowglasses in his play ""Macbeth"", although along with other aspects of the play it is an anachronism, as the historical Macbeth lived in the 11th century: <poem> The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him, from the Western isles Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied </poem> In a paper"
"to walk out onto the roadway, Lord Redbrick has the other red gnomes glue Juliet's feet to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like he lost her mother. Gnomeo's mushroom friend, Shroom, finds out that Gnomeo is still alive as a blue teapot fell out of the truck, and a dog has carried him to a nearby park. He and Featherstone eventually reaches the park where Gnomeo climbs onto a statue of William Shakespeare (Patrick Stewart) and tells him his story. Shakespeare tells Gnomeo that his story is very similar to his own writing, of Romeo"
"Society's Award of Garden Merit. ""Chromatomyia aprilina"" (honeysuckle leaf miner) In William Shakespeare’s play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" he refers to woodbine/honeysuckle twice: It seems probable that the first quotation is referring to the honeysuckle ""L. periclymenum"", a common sight in hedgerows in Shakespeare’s time. The second quotation is somewhat more confusing. It is thought that on this occasion, “woodbine” refers to a species of ""Convolvulus"", also very common but nowadays called “bindweed”. Lonicera periclymenum Lonicera periclymenum, common names honeysuckle, common honeysuckle, European honeysuckle or woodbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae native to much of"
"much, but think the more"" (4.1.85) and ""Not I, my thoughts aim at a further matter:/I stay not for love of Edward but the crown"" (141.124–125); Warwick's ""O unbid spite, is sportful Edward come"" (5.1.18); the entirety of Richard's soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 6, after killing Henry (ll.61–93) and Richard's ""To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master/And cried 'All hail', whenas he meant all harm"" (5.7.33–34). The play also featured in ITV's ""Will Shakespeare"", a 1978 six-part (heavily fictionalised) biopic of Shakespeare (Tim Curry), written by John Mortimer. Episode one, ""Dead Shepherd"", focuses on Shakespeare's apprenticeship to"
"prevented his playing Oldbuck, which was assigned to John Liston. On 17 May he was the first Dentatus in Sheridan Knowles's ""Virginius"". At the Haymarket during the summer seasons Terry played a great round of comic characters. Among many original parts in pieces by James Kenney, J. Dibdin, and others, Terry was Sir Christopher Cranberry in ""Exchange no Robbery"", by his friend Theodore Hook, 12 August 1820; the Prince in ""Match Breaking"", 20 August 1821; and Shark in ""Morning, Noon, and Night"", 9 September 1822. Having quarrelled with the management of Covent Garden on a question of terms, Terry made"
"into musical comedy. His classic roles included Falstaff in ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"" (1919), Faulconbridge in ""King John"" (1920), Pavel Lebedyev in ""Ivanov"" (1950), and Peter Nikolayavich in ""The Seagull"" (1953). He played the Emperor in ""The White Horse Inn"" at the London Coliseum in 1931. In modern plays two of his longest-running engagements were as Maxwell Davenport in ""The Late Christopher Bean"" (1933–34) and as Charles Donkin, the central figure in Ian Hay's comedy ""Housemaster"" (1936–37). He appeared on Broadway in the same role in 1938, when the play was retitled ""Bachelor Born"". In 1944 he featured in"
"West End for the remainder of the decade. He spent most of the 1950s appearing in broad comedy roles in the UK, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to Broadway to portray Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"" in 1959. Two years later, he co-starred to much acclaim in Robert Bolt's ""A Man for All Seasons"", first in London and then in New York. This included ""Variety"" naming him best supporting actor for his portrayal of the Common Man. From then on he appeared primarily in American plays and films. Rose made his screen debut in ""Midnight Frolics"""
"2005), provides two different versions of the play, each with respectable authority. The problem exists with at least four other Shakespearian plays (""Henry IV, part 1"", ""Hamlet"", ""Troilus and Cressida"", and ""Othello""). During Shakespeare's lifetime, many of his greatest plays were staged at the Globe Theatre and the Blackfriars Theatre. Shakespeare's fellow members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men acted in his plays. Among these actors were Richard Burbage (who played the title role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including ""Hamlet"", ""Othello"", ""Richard III"" and ""King Lear""), Richard Cowley (who played Verges in ""Much Ado About Nothing""),"
"status of the area surrounding the Blackfriars Theatre. The riots in the Midlands were caused by hunger because of the enclosure of common land. Shakespeare himself had been charged and fined several times for hoarding food stocks to sell at inflated prices For these reasons, R.B. Parker suggests ""late 1608 ... to early 1609"" as the likeliest date of composition, while Lee Bliss suggests composition by late 1608, and the first public performances in ""late December 1609 or February 1610"". Parker acknowledges that the evidence is ""scanty ... and mostly inferential"". The play was first published in the First Folio"
"to the stage, making a disastrous start in John Phillips' ""Man on the Moon"" (1975). In 1977, he returned to his birthplace, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and started playing legitimate roles, including Shakespeare, at the Neptune Theatre under the tutelage of John Neville. This led to television work, beginning with a variety program, ""Denny's Sho*"", which ran for one season in 1978. He went on to host and voice parts in the children's program, ""Theodore Tugboat"", and to act in various series, including twenty-two episodes of the drama ""Pit Pony"". Doherty also performed with the New Mamas and the Papas (see"
"two other works by Angela Carter: ""The Bloody Chamber"" and ""Nights at the Circus"". Throughout the novel, there are numerous references to the works and impact of William Shakespeare. At the beginning of the novel there are three quotations, two of which allude to Shakespeare: """"Brush Up on Your Shakespeare"""", a song title from the musical ""Kiss Me, Kate"" based on Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"", and the quote ""How many times Shakespeare draws fathers and daughters, never mothers and daughters"" by Ellen Terry, an English stage actress. In an interview on the subject of ""Wise Children"", Angela Carter"
"received a number of modern renditions, including those by Jan Akkerman and Gryphon. As an actor, Kempe is certainly associated with two roles: Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"" and Peter in ""Romeo and Juliet"". (In the quarto text of the latter, and in both quarto and First Folio text of the former, he is identified in speech prefixes and stage directions.) From these hints, a list of Kempe's parts has been deduced which, if conjectural, is not improbable: Costard in ""Love's Labours Lost"", Bottom in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", Lancelot Gobbo in ""The Merchant of Venice"", and Cob in"
"thin, with a skin of rose and lily, fine features and beautiful blond hair, and she was additionally good humored and pleasant."" Among her most acclaimed roles were ""Qväkaren och dansaren"" ('Quaker and the dancer) by Eugéne Scribe, ""Shakspears Kär"" ('Shakespeare's Love'), Jeanne d'Arc in ""Jungfrun av Orleans"" ('Maid of Lorraine') by Schiller, the title role of Mary Stuart (play) and Ophelia in ""Hamlet"". In the summer of 1839, she made a third study trip to Paris, and upon her return, she bought with her the comedy ""Richelieus första vapenbragd"" ('First combat of Richelieu') by Bayard and Dumanoir, which she"
"the same source used by Shakespeare. Shakespeare used Britain's mythical history in several of his plays, including ""King Lear"" and ""Cymbeline"", based on the stories of Leir of Britain and Cunobelinus, respectively. The play is essentially a pastiche of Shakespeare, with Vortigern serving as a Macbeth figure; other Shakespearean elements include the use of Holinshead and Flavia's cross-dressing. The play experienced a comedic revival by the Pembroke Players at the Pembroke College New Cellars, Cambridge, on November 19, 2008. The production was directed by Pembroke third-year Alexander Whiscombe, and starred David Harrap in the title role with Eystein Thanisch as"
"had to be heavily overhauled to eliminate the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, as the novel had excluded Dorothy Gale and the Cowardly Lion, neither of whom were major draws in the stage show. The Woggle-Bug is made the driving force of the story, when he had been introduced fairly late in the novel (Chapter 12 of 24), and did not make a major contribution to plot, only to characterization. His introduction is moved to the beginning of the play, and he is given a subplot about chasing after a checked dress with which he has fallen in love. The"
"the side. The main river of the city is the Tulebug River, first mentioned in ""The Money Well"" (1958) by Carl Barks, and it is located near Killmotor Hill. Duckburg is home to Yarvard University (a play on the universities of Harvard and Yale), an institution more notable for its athletic teams than for its academic achievements. It also has had international students, like the bey of El Dagga from Egypt, who is mentioned in Yarvard's first appearance; ""The Mummy's Ring"" by Carl Barks from 1943. One of the things the bey learned at the university was that mummies do"
"and prints, which were sold by auction in 1766. Many of his topographical manuscripts are in the Lansdowne collection at the British Museum. In addition, ""A Play by William Shakespeare"" (with no elaboration given) was also lost, as well as a copy of Sir John Suckling's ""Works,"" possibly a printed edition. Warburton listed only three plays which escaped destruction: ""The Second Maiden's Tragedy"" (which he assigned to George Chapman, but now usually considered by scholars to be the work of Thomas Middleton), ""The Queen of Corsica"" (a tragedy by Francis Jaques), and ""The Bugbears"" (a comedy by John Jeffere). Not"
"Dougall has played a wide range of roles in Shakespeare plays, including ""Henry VIII"", ""Measure for Measure"", ""Coriolanus"", and ""The Winter’s Tale"" for the Globe Theatre, ""A Midsummer Night’s Dream"", ""Twelfth Night"", ""The Taming of the Shrew"", ""Henry V"", ""The Winter’s Tale"", ""Richard III"", ""The Comedy of Errors"" and ""The Merchant of Venice"" for Propeller, and ""Hamlet"", ""Macbeth"", and ""The Two Gentlemen of Verona"" for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other works has included ""The Devil is an Ass"", ""The Cherry Orchard"", and ""The Crucible"" for the RSC, ""Saint Joan"" at the Strand Theatre; ""Shadow of a Gunman"" and ""John Bull’s"
"role of Peter is enlarged, and played by Andy Devine as a faint-hearted bully. He speaks lines which Shakespeare gave to other Capulet servants, making him the instigator of the opening brawl. The film includes two songs drawn from other plays by Shakespeare: ""Come Away Death"" from ""Twelfth Night"" and ""Honour, Riches, Marriage, Blessing"" from ""The Tempest"". Clusters of images are used to define the central characters: Romeo is first sighted leaning against a ruined building in an arcadian scene, complete with a pipe-playing shepherd and his dog; the livelier Juliet is associated with Capulet's formal garden, with its decorative"
"are depicted in the opening scene of Shakespeare's ""Richard II"". Thomas Mowbray (as he is called in the play) prophetically replies to King Richard's ""Lions make leopards tame"" with the retort, ""Yea, but not change his spots."" Mowbray's death in exile is announced later in the play by the Bishop of Carlisle. Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, 6th Baron Mowbray, 7th Baron Segrave, , (22 March 1366 – 22 September 1399) was an English peer. As a result of his involvement in the"