William Shakespeare 'Much Ado About Nothing', play first performed c1598. Dogberry and Verges, local constables of the watch, with the night-watchmen, confronting Conrade and Borachio. Illustration by Henry C Selous (1811-90) showing watch men with their pikes and lantern. There is evidence that the part of Dogberry was written for the Elizabethan comedian William Kemp or Kempe (d1603). Wood engraving 1870.

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William Shakespeare 'Much Ado About Nothing', play first performed c1598. Dogberry and Verges, local constables of the watch, with the night-watchmen, confronting Conrade and Borachio. Illustration by Henry C Selous (1811-90) showing watch men with their pikes and lantern. There is evidence that the part of Dogberry was written for the Elizabethan comedian William Kemp or Kempe (d1603). Wood engraving 1870.

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