William Kempe
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William Kempe, commonly referred to as Will Kemp, was an English actor and dancer who specialised in comic roles. He was best known as one of the original stage actors in early dramas by William Shake
Woodcut of Kempe (right) morris dancing from Kempes Nine Daies Wonder (1600)
Wood carving of Kempe in Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich
Dogberry
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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 ow
William Kempe
…number of modern renditions, including those by Jan Akkerman and the folk band Gryphon. As an actor, Kempe is with certainty 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…
Dogberry, as depicted by Henry Stacy Marks
Much Ado About Nothing by Alfred Elmore 1846