num_pages: 176
description: An international team of scholars • modernised, easily accessible texts • ample but unobtrusive academic guidance • attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history • informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances Much Ado has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays special attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation. The most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. In recent times the play's matched plots of two pairs of lovers have been of interest to feminist critics. A full commentary includes annotation of the many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the complexity of Elizabethan language.
language: English
title: Much Ado about Nothing
titlecomplete: Much Ado about Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
characters: Antonio, Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Leonato, Ursula (Shakespeare), The Watch, Borachio, A Sexton, Innogen, Beatrice (diverse works), Don John, Dogberry, Hero (Much ado), Magaret, Claudio, Verges, Don Pedro, Friar Francis, Balthazar (Much Ado About Nothing), Conrade, boy
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Poetry, Drama, School, Humor, Romance, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 239302
places: Sicily, Messina, Sicily
publisher: Cambridge University Press