Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. The play is set in Messina and centers around two romantic pairings that emerge when a group of soldiers arrive …
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Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. The play is set in Messina and centers around two romantic pairings that emerge when a group of soldiers arrive in the town. The first, between Claudio and Hero, is nearly altered by the accusations of the villain, Don John. The second romance, between Claudio's friend Benedick and Hero's cousin Beatrice, takes center stage as the play goes on, with both characters' wit and banter providing much of the humor. Through "noting" (sounding like "nothing", and meaning gossip, rumour, overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into believing that Hero is not a maiden (virgin). The title's play on words references the secrets and trickery that form the backbone of the play's comedy, intrigue, and action.
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- BNF ID:
- 12249871h
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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien
French language
Published July 15, 1995
- ISBN:
- 978-2-08-070768-0Copied ISBN!
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces
Paperback, 200 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 6, 1995 by Ediciones B S.A..
Beaucoup de bruit pour rien
Mass Market Paperback, 156 pages
Published March 4, 2003 by Actes Sud.
- OCLC Number:
- 52920013
Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing
22 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1894 by W. H. Baker & co..
Shakespeare's Comedy of Much Ado About Nothing
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1907 by J.M. Dent.
- OCLC Number:
- 5866944
Much Ado About Nothing
English language
Published May 14, 1956 by Yale University Press.
- OCLC Number:
- 1383969
Much Ado about Nothing
paperback, 88 pages
Published April 27, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Much ado about nothing
122 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2014 by First Avenue Editions, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4677-4595-6Copied ISBN!
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