| Dogberry | |
|---|---|
| Much Ado About Nothing character | |
 Dogberry, as depicted by Henry Stacy Marks | |
| Created by | William Shakespeare |
| Portrayed by | Christopher Benjamin Michael Elphick Nathan Fillion Frank Finlay Barnard Hughes Michael Keaton Terry Woods |
| In-universe information | |
| Affiliation | Messina |
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.[1] Dogberry is notable for his numerous malapropisms, sometimes called "dogberryisms" or "dogberrys". The character was created for William Kempe, who played comic roles in Shakespeare's theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
- ^ Wood, James, ed. (1907). . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.