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- Dogberry abstract "Dogberry is a character from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a "self-satisfied night constable."In the play, Dogberry is the chief of the citizen-police in Messina. 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 technique Shakespeare would use again in Elbow from Measure for Measure. In both plays, 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 happy conclusion. In that sense, Dogberry's comic ineptitude is made to serve the sense of a providential force overseeing the fortunate restoration of social and emotional order.In addition to frequent malapropism, Dogberry provides the list of charges as a numbered list out of order comprising redundant items:and, in trying to make sure that the criminals' insulting of him is recorded in the evidence against them, repeatedly insists that it be written down that "[he is] an ass."Dogberry was played by Michael Keaton in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 film adaptation, and has been played on television by Michael Elphick, Frank Finlay and Barnard Hughes. Christopher Benjamin alternated in the role with Terry Woods in Terry Hands' 1982 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was played by Nathan Fillion in Joss Whedon's 2012 film version.".
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- Dogberry creator William_Shakespeare.
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- Dogberry name "Dogberry".
- Dogberry play "Much Ado About Nothing".
- Dogberry portrayedBy Barnard_Hughes.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Christopher_Benjamin.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Frank_Finlay.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Michael_Elphick.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Michael_Keaton.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Nathan_Fillion.
- Dogberry portrayedBy Terry_Woods.
- Dogberry subject Category:Fictional_characters_introduced_in_1599.
- Dogberry subject Category:Fictional_police_officers.
- Dogberry subject Category:Male_Shakespearean_characters.
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- Dogberry comment "Dogberry is a character from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a "self-satisfied night constable."In the play, Dogberry is the chief of the citizen-police in Messina. 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 technique Shakespeare would use again in Elbow from Measure for Measure.".
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