num_pages: 120
description: Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay–but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple, Beatrice and Benedick, steals the scene as the two are finally tricked into admitting their love for each other in Shakespeare’s superb comedy of manners.Each Edition Includes:• Comprehensive explanatory notes• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
language: English
title: Much Ado About Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado About Nothing (Bantam Classics)
characters: Balthazar (Much Ado About Nothing), Borachio, Leonato, A Sexton, Hero (Much ado), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Don John, Verges, The Watch, Dogberry, Friar Francis, boy, Claudio, Conrade, Antonio, Don Pedro, Ursula (Shakespeare), Magaret, Innogen, Beatrice (diverse works)
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, Theatre, Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Romance
ratings_count: 239324
places: Sicily, Messina, Sicily
publisher: Bantam Classics