Depicts the humorous mishaps which follow when young Claudio is duped into believing his fiancee has been unfaithful
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND TEXTUAL MATTERS 27 eighteenth - century editor , Nicholas Rowe , accordingly assumed that only one ... Thirdly : in Act I , Scene 2 , Leonato's brother has a son , but , in Act s , scene 1 , Hero is the sole heir of ...
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In 1996, Michael Boyd's production was staged in another enclosed courtyard, but its eclectic nature failed to please: "The costumes are Elizabethan enough but Tom Piper's set is decidedly odd, a mixture of 18th-century drawing-room, ...
Much Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fast skirmish of wits between two famously disputatious lovers, and a near-deadly conflict built on conventions of gender and male rivalry.
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare.
HUMOUR AND COMEDY Claudio is in love with Hero, but is afraid that she will reject him. His friend, Don Pedro, volunteers to make her fall in love with him at a masked ball. The trick works and Hero agrees to marry Claudio.
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare.
This book is a modern translation of Much Ado About Nothing The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of the modern text. We all need refreshers every now and then.
This volume offers an accessible and thought-provoking guide to this major Shakespearean comedy, surveying its key themes and evolving critical preoccupations.
This edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction.