num_pages: 188
description: Famous actors have appeared as this play's sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick's time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the play's concerns with sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-22152-8 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-29367-7
language: English
title: Much Ado About Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado About Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
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