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An edition of Much Ado About Nothing (1600)

Much Ado About Nothing

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Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most imaginative and exuberant comedies, contrasting two pairs of lovers in a witty and suspenseful battle of the sexes. Attracted to each other, the maddeningly skeptical Beatrice and Benedick are dead-locked in a lively war of words until their friends hatch a plot to unite them. The mutually devoted Hero and Claudio, on the other hand, all too quickly fall victim to a malicious plot to part them. Near-fatal complications ensue, but with the help of the hilarious Constable Dogberry and his confederates, the lovers are ultimately united.
First presented in 1598, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's last comedies. Its darker undercurrents foreshadow the playwright's growing concern with the frailties of human character that would dominate his late tragedies. But in its clever turns of plot, vivacious displays of wit, jovial conversations, and charming songs, this merry comedy is among Shakespeare's most artistic creations.
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Publish Date
Publisher
Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
75

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Jan 28, 2016, The Arden Shakespeare
paperback
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Paljo melua tyhjästä
2013-06-09, Project Gutenberg
in Finnish
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Much Ado About Nothing
2013 December 01, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - Version 2
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Much Ado About Nothing
Feb 17, 2010, Heinemann
hardcover
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Much Ado About Nothing
2010 March 31, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
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Much Ado about Nothing
2009, Palgrave Macmillan Limited
in English
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Much Ado About Nothing
2008?, Dodo Press
in English
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Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien
2005-05-7, Project Gutenberg
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Much Ado About Nothing
2000 July, Project Gutenberg
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Much Ado About Nothing
1999 June, Project Gutenberg, in cooperation with World Library, Inc
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Much Ado About Nothing
1998 November, Project Gutenberg
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Much Ado About Nothing
1998 November, Project Gutenberg
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Much Ado About Nothing
1997 November, Project Gutenberg
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Much Ado About Nothing
1997, Penguin Books
in English
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Much Ado About Nothing
1997, AS
in English
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Much Ado About Nothing
1995-05, Turtleback
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Much Ado About Nothing
1994, Dover Publications
Paperback in English
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Much ado about nothing
1970?, Washington Square Press, Pocket Books (Mm)
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Much Ado About Nothing
1956-05, Yale University Press
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Much Ado about Nothing
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Edition Notes

US/CAN/UK

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Dover Thrift Editions
Genre
Drama.
Copyright Date
1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822.3/3
Library of Congress
PR2828.A2 Z56 1994, PR2828.A2Z

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
iv, 75 p. ;
Number of pages
75

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1097425M
Internet Archive
muchadoaboutnot000shak
ISBN 10
0486282724
ISBN 13
9780486282725
LCCN
94022079
OCLC/WorldCat
868278304
Alibris ID
9780486282725
Google
NSgbUFLtVowC
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0486282724
Library Thing
10259
Goodreads
752855

Work Description

Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover's trap" set for the arrogant and assured Benedick who has sworn of marriage and his gentle adversary Beatrice. The merry war between Benedick and Beatrice with the promptings of their friends soon dissolves into farcical love, while Hero's supposed infidelity is shown to be little more than "much ado about nothing".

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Enter Leonato (Governor of Messina), Hero (his Daughter), and Beatrice (his Niece), with a Messenger.
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