num_pages: 284
description: This edition of Much Ado About Nothing focuses wholly on the play in performance. Shifting trends in the production of this popular drama are analyzed in relation to the culture of each period since Shakespeare's time, with particular attention to gender issues. A commentary alongside the New Cambridge edition of the text recreates in lively detail interpretations of each passage in a variety of British, American, Canadian stage, film and TV productions. An essential resource for students, teachers and performers, this is also an illuminating book for theatergoers.
language: English
title: Much Ado about Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado about Nothing
characters: Conrade, Friar Francis, Hero (Much ado), Beatrice (diverse works), Borachio, Innogen, Dogberry, Don Pedro, Don John, Antonio, Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Verges, The Watch, Magaret, Ursula (Shakespeare), Leonato, boy, Claudio, A Sexton, Balthazar (Much Ado About Nothing)
genres: Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 239293
places: Sicily, Messina, Sicily
publisher: Cambridge University Press