Much Ado about Nothing
by Shakespeare, WilliamFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-10-20
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary
Imaginative, exuberant comedy contrasts two pairs of lovers in a witty and suspenseful battle of the sexes. Filled with suspense, clever turns of plot, vivacious displays of wit and charming songs.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| General Introduction | p. 1 |
| Much Ado About Nothing and the Romantic Comedies | p. 1 |
| Date | p. 5 |
| Sources | p. 6 |
| The Title | p. 14 |
| Place and Setting | p. 16 |
| Organizing the Dramatis Personae | p. 18 |
| Lovers | p. 19 |
| Brothers | p. 38 |
| Gentlewomen, Conspirators, and Others | p. 42 |
| Plot Construction | p. 48 |
| Act, Scene, and Pace | p. 50 |
| Contrasts and Links between Scenes | p. 52 |
| Local Effects | p. 56 |
| Stage History | p. 58 |
| From Text to Prompt-Book | p. 70 |
| Some Problems of Staging | p. 72 |
| Some Recent Directions | p. 75 |
| Textual Introduction | p. 79 |
| 'Staying' and Publication | p. 79 |
| Setting the Text | p. 80 |
| 'Ghosts' | p. 81 |
| Speech-Prefixes | p. 82 |
| Entrances and Exits | p. 85 |
| The Play in Folio | p. 86 |
| Editorial Procedures | p. 88 |
| Abbreviations and References | p. 90 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | p. 93 |
| Appendix: Music, Song, and Dance | p. 203 |
| Index | p. 207 |
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