num_pages: 192
description: Unique Features of the Signet Classic ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingSpecial Introduction to the play by the editor, David L. Stevenson, Hunter CollegeGeneral discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts UniversitySpecial note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived Much Ado About NothingDramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Charles Gilden, Lewis Carroll, George Bernard Shaw, Donald A Stauffer, W.H. Auden. Carol Thomas NeelyA new, comprehensive stage history of notable actors directors, and productions of Much Ado About Nothing, then and nowText and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable typeDetailed footnotes at the bottom of each page of the play keyed to the numbered lines of the text(back cover)
language: English
title: Much Ado about Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado about Nothing
characters: Leonato, Conrade, Hero (Much ado), Ursula (Shakespeare), Verges, Borachio, Don Pedro, Friar Francis, Innogen, Dogberry, The Watch, Claudio, A Sexton, Beatrice (diverse works), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), boy, Magaret, Antonio, Don John, Balthazar (Much Ado About Nothing)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Romance, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 239316
places: Messina, Sicily, Sicily
publisher: Signet Classics