What is the only Shakespearean play that included a dog?

gdec1

Crab in The Two Gentlemen of Verona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona#Connections_with_Shakespeare.27s_other_work Aug 02 06, 8:12 AM

lanfranco

We've had this question a couple of times before, and gmack pointed out that a nameless dog does appear in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act V, scene i. He's described by the tailor Starveling, who is playing "Moonshine," as "this dog, my dog." Aug 02 06, 8:46 AM

elburcher

and from Macbeth.. MACBETH Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men; As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept All by the name of dogs: the valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed; whereby he does receive Particular addition. Aug 02 06, 1:10 PM

lanfranco

Except, elburcher, that that passage merely refers to dogs, as do many in Shakespeare. The word "dog" shows up again and again. The question asks for a dog that actually appears in a play. Aug 02 06, 6:10 PM

sancho_pft

Will Kempe,who originally played many of Shakespeare's comic roles, often worked his dog into the comic business - not actually written in by William Shakespearwe, but Kempe's dog did appear in many productions! Aug 05 06, 8:25 AM

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