description: The introduction reviews the few known facts about this early Shakespeare play and discusses the puzzling problems of its date and authorship. The text has been freshly edited with the aim of presenting the play as revised for the first recorded performance in 1594, with the addition ofstage business from the prompt-copy from which the Folio edition derives.
language: English
title: Much Ado about Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare, Signet Classic)
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: 239327
places: Messina, Sicily, Sicily
publisher: Signet Classics