William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed circa 1598. Dogberry, Constable of the watch, instructing his clerk to write down replies given by Conrade and Borachio: Act 4 Sc 2. There is evidence that the part of Dogberry was written for the Elizabethan comedian William Kemp or Kempe (d1603). Chromolithograph after illustration by Robert Dudley (fl1858-93) for edition of Shakespeare's works published London 1856-1858

1598 1856-1858 Clerk Constable Dogberry Dudley Elizabethan Evidence Instructing Kemp Kempe Nothing Replies Write

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