Much Ado About Nothing

A dazzling display of William Shakespeare's fondness for wit and wordplay, Much Ado About Nothing is a high-spirited comedy, edited with notes by R.A. Foakes, and an introduction by Janet Dillon. 'Some, Cupid kills with arrows, some, with traps' Proud, vivacious Beatrice and a high-spirited rake Benedick both claim that they are determined never to marry. But when good-hearted mischief-maker Don Pedro tricks them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for the other, Beatrice and Benedick begin to question whether their witty banter and sharp-tongued repartee conceals something deeper. Schemes abound, misunderstandings proliferate and matches are eventually made in this sparkling and irresistible comedy, famously adapted by Kenneth Branagh in a film starring Keanu Reeves and Emma Thompson. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Much Ado About Nothing , a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. If you enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing , you might like As You Like It , also available in Penguin Shakespeare. 'How is it possible that Shakespeare understood the human heart so well?' Saskia Reeves

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare, Janette Dillon
• Assisted by: Stanley Wells (Editor), Janette Dillon (Editor), Janette Dillon (Introduction), Dillon Janette (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 24.09.2015
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780141396590
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139659-0
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 20 x 1.5 cm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Theaterstücke (div.), Monty Python, Wuthering Heights, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Salman Rushdie, Great Expectations, War of the Worlds, King Lear, Things fall apart, Catcher in the Rye, Julius Caesar, Never let me go, Romeo and Juliet, Animal Farm, Much Ado About Nothing, Blood Brothers, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, A Streetcar Named Desire, the awakening, lord of the flies, silas marner, Sign of Four, the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde, the bloody chamber, the kite runner, poems of the decade, the go between, The Crucible, The History Boys, 'an inspector calls', dc omnibus