Talk:Much Ado About Nothing

message: What does this mean? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.175.13.36 (talk • contribs) .
'Nonny' is just a nonsense word.  OED says it's frequently used 'as a cover for in-
delicate allusions.'  There are a few lines on the phrase in this article: Voice_instrumental_music.  Hope that helps! -- Vary | Talk 19:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  A sort of Elizabethan "Awopbopalooba alopbamboom"...Brickie 17:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "hey nonny nonny" 

message: In English class we learned that Much Ado was a tragicomedy.  AtmanDave 01:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So, what's your point? AndyJones 12:36, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre 

message: I remember hearing somewhere that when the play first came out, its title would've been pronounced "Much Ado About Noting." This of course would give it a double meaning, and the whole "noting motif" is referenced several times in the play, such as 
"Claudio. Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of signior Leonato? 
Benedick. I noted her not, but I lookt on her"
To me, this would seem an interesting bit of trivia to put up.
* Yes, I've heard that point. Also that nothing = "no thing" was a recognised pun on the female genitals in Shakespeare's time, which would be an even more interesting piece of trivia to put up. (cf Hamlet to Ophelia: "That's a fair thought to lie between maid's legs ... nothing.") This page could have a whole section on its title. maybe I'll do that one day. AndyJones 17:34, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing/Noting

message: Is this section necessary? Is it just too much? If the synopsis section were not a simple summary, but was more out-of-universe, would it be more or less neccessary? Could it be re-written to be more concise?
I still believe this is the best format for theatrical (as opposed to literary) study of the play, but what does everyone else think? IrisWings 10:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breakdown of Scenes 

message: I've often watched and enjoyed the K. Branagh version of Much Ado About Nothing movie.  What does this line mean?
It keeps me on the windy side of care.
It's from a conversation between Beatrice and the Prince.  He starts, "In faith my lady you have a merry heart."  She replies, "Yes, my lord I thank it, poor fool.  It keeps me on the windy side of care."
Does it mean that she is light hearted or doesn't care about anything?
:It means it keeps her free of care; that is, of trouble or worry. To be on the windy side means to be on the side from which the wind blows rather than the side the wind blows to, in other words, to be out of the wind, the wind in this case being care.
:BPK 17:10, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The allusion is to sailing: when you are on the windy side of, say, a rocky island, you can steer the ship since the wind is blowing it along and thus you have control over it. On the lee side, there is no wind so the ship drifts with the currents and you have no control over it. In the latter case it is much more likely that the ship will end up on the rocks. Hence it's much better to be on the windy side of care than on the lee side. -- Derek Ross | Talk 06:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this line mean? 

message: I've said this on other pages, too, and I hate to sound like a nag, but at some point each of the characters (at least the main ones, anyway) from Much Ado will all need their own individual pages. So anyone willing to take it on would be doing a great service.  --BeastKing89 07:36, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Characters

message: Shouldnt there be a separate article for the phrase? Has it become popular already? Or is it an idiom? I saw the phrase somewhere but wasnt sure what it meant. I found the answer somewhere deep in this article. kawaputratorque 10:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular phrase 

message: This series of characters has recently appeared in every line of a list at "Adaptations" I tried it, but nothing happened. This untidy addition has turned up in quite a few articles recently; what's it about, please? --Old Moonraker (talk) 06:27, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it was the last edit by Smatprt that introduced it along with an unrelated change; which probably means either that he's using some kind of edit-assist script, or that he's using the Rich Text Editor / WYSIWYG editing mode and there's a bug in whichever he's using that introduces these. It could of course be browser weirdness, but I can't really see how that'd happen. Smatprt? Have you added any scripts recently? Or are using one that might have been updated recently? --Xover (talk) 07:23, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried reverting and then re-making Smatprt's edit. I think that's fixed the immediate problem. It would still be useful to know what's going wrong, though. AndyJones (talk) 09:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the pointers: I've followed the suggested "User contributions" trail and cleared out some more. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:48, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I use wikEd, but have been for quite a while, and have made to changes to my preferences in ages. There must be a bug somewhere?  What should I do?Smatprt (talk) 14:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

text: I just restored my default settings and turned off wikEd.  Let's se if that will do it.Smatprt (talk) 14:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Well, that did it.  How does one get that bug fixed?Smatprt (talk) 14:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I went to the wikEd help page to report the bug and it had already been reported.  The creator reverted to the older version while he tries to fix the problem.  I reloaded the older version and did a test edit, with no click-click appearing, so the issue should be resolved.Smatprt (talk) 15:42, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Ctrl-click)"> 

message: The motifs section is almost an exact copy of that on No Fear Shakespeare.  Considering NFS is written by professionals.  I would say that someone copied it, yet there is no mention of it in the References?  Am I mistaken?  Feel free to correct me...
Wllm t (talk) 02:39, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you be more specific? I checked some of passages from the online version  but they seem quite different from the same topics here. I couldn't find it at all in the print version (courtesy of Google Books: I don't own this).  --Old Moonraker (talk) 07:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Motifs Section 

message: With several notable adaptations of this play, each having their own Wikipedia article, this article really needs a disambiguation page. I don't know how to create one, so can someone else create this? (See Hamlet for an example of a similar article with a disambiguation page) - Orayzio (talk) 21:22, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need a disambiguation page 

message: I'd be inclined to remove this link ("Online rental £5.99") as WP:SPAM. Other views? --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and have made the change.  a13ean (talk) 15:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. --Old Moonraker (talk) 15:31, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linkspam? 

message: Should the plot summary mention that the play is set in Spain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.213.205.195 (talk • contribs) 
:The play is set in the Sicilian city of Messina, now a part of Italy. It was under Spanish rule at the time, but I think saying that is set in Spain will confuse readers. People wondering where Messina will find out easily enough. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:26, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spain? 

message: User:Tom Reedy Why was this cite deleted? IIRC the article is indexed in World Shakespeare Bibliography. Knitwitted (talk) 02:24, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Further Reading" Section 

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