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What is the only Shakespearean play that included a dog?

Question #69162. Asked by aisha99.

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gdec1
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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 2006, 7:46 AM
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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 2006, 12:10 PM
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lanfranco
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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 2006, 5:10 PM
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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 2006, 7:25 AM
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