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An edition of Much Ado About Nothing
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
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We present excerpts from Shakespeare’s playful, stylish "Much Ado About Nothing," which brings together Beatrice and Benedick, one of the most famous duos ever invented for the stage. This 1963 performance features Rex Harrison and Rachel Roberts who bring new life to this sophisticated comedy of manners on the subject of marriage and marital bondage.
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Much Ado About Nothing : Revised Edition: Revised Edition
Jan 28, 2016, The Arden Shakespeare
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Much ado about nothing
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Table of Contents
Part 1
In these opening scenes, Benedick and Claudio return home from the battlefield and are greeted by Beatrice, a young lady of the court, and Hero, the Duke’s daughter.
Part 2
In these scenes, Beatrice offers her views on marriage and men in general. In the meantime, the evil Don John is hatching a plot to slander Hero’s reputation.
Part 3
In these scenes, Hero, the daughter of the Duke, pretends to be dead so that those who spread lies about her may be exposed. At the same time, Beatrice and Benedick have each been convinced that the other is in love.
Part 4
In these final scenes, the lovely lady Hero is exonerated and reveals that she is alive, dashing the plot of her villainous uncle, Don John. Beatrice and Benedick profess their love for each other and are united in holy, but waspish, wedlock.
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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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