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Dogberry

Dogberry is a character created by William Shakespeare for his play Much Ado About Nothing. The Nuttall Encyclopædia describes him as a "self-satisfied night constable" with an inflated view of his own importance as the leader of a group of comically bumbling watchmen. Dogberry is notable for his numerous malapropisms, sometimes called "dogberryisms" or…

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Samuel JohnsonHenry IrvingLyceum TheatreJohn Martin-HarveyRoyal Shakespeare Company
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In the play

MessinaHero
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Comic persona

Common dogwoodAss
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Elizabethan law enforcement

Tarleton
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Affiliation
Messina
Created by
William Shakespeare
Portrayed by
Christopher Benjamin Michael Elphick Nathan Fillion Frank Finlay Barnard Hughes Michael Keaton Terry Woods

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In the play

Comic persona

Elizabethan law enforcement

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Dogberry

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples55
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Dogberry

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related to Comic persona · 12
Dogberry → As, But Dogberry, Cornus, Dogberry's, Don John's, Elizabethan, In, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Shakespearean, The, There
related to Elizabethan law enforcement · 10
Dogberry → According, Boraccio, Conrade, Dogberry's, Draper, English, Indeed, John, Sicily, Though
related to In the play · 10
Dogberry → Boraccio, Conrade, Don John, Don John's, During, He, Hero, In, Messina's, They
related to Theatre · 9
Dogberry → Henry Irving, John Martin-Harvey, Kem, Kemp, London, Lyceum Theatre, Samuel Johnson, Shakespearean, William Kempe
related to Film and television · 8
Dogberry → Barnard Hughes, Frank Finlay, He, Joss Whedon's, Kenneth Branagh's, Michael Elphick, Michael Keaton, Nathan Fillion
is a · 3
Dogberry → character created by William Shakespeare for his play Much Ado About Nothing, chief of Messina's citizen-police, figure of comic incompetence
Affiliation · 1
Dogberry → Messina
Created by · 1
Dogberry → William Shakespeare
Portrayed by · 1
Dogberry → Christopher Benjamin Michael Elphick Nathan Fillion Frank Finlay Barnard Hughes Michael Keaton Terry Woods

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played play character created william dogberry's production comic shakespeare don john theatre constable film much ado nothing avoid plot according

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DogberryAffiliationMessina1.00infobox
DogberryCreated byWilliam Shakespeare1.00infobox
DogberryPortrayed byChristopher Benjamin Michael Elphick Nathan Fillion Frank Finlay Barnard Hughes Michael Keaton Terry Woods1.00infobox
Dogberryis acharacter created by William Shakespeare for his play Much Ado About Nothing0.90text
Dogberryis achief of Messina's citizen-police0.90text
Dogberryis afigure of comic incompetence0.90text
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaAs0.60section
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaShakespearean0.60section
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaRenaissance0.60section
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaThere0.60section
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaThe0.60section
Dogberryrelated to Comic personaElizabethan0.60section

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