In 2005, the BBC adapted the story by setting it in the modern-day studios of Wessex Tonight, a fictional regional news programme, as part of the ShakespeaRe-Told season, with Damian Lewis, Sarah Parish, and Billie Piper. [50] Harrison, GB, ed. (1968). "Much Ado About Nothing introduction". Shakespeare: the Complete Works. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. p. 697. ISBN 0-15-580530-4. Jensen later explained that this was a reference to the censorship imposed after the German invasion of Denmark in 1940. [57] See also [ edit ]

A Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording nomination went to a recording of a National Theatre production with Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens See Stephen Greenblatt's introduction to Much Ado about Nothing in The Norton Shakespeare ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ISBN 0-393-97087-6), p.1383. Zitner, Sheldon P., ed. (2008). Much Ado About Nothing. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.131–132. ISBN 978-0-19-953611-5.

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The Evening Standard Award for "Best Actress" went to Felicity Kendal as Beatrice in Elijah Moshinsky's production at the Strand Theatre. [ citation needed] There have been several screen adaptations of Much Ado About Nothing, almost all of them made for television. [ citation needed] An adaptation is the 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, shot on videotape and released on VHS and DVD, that includes more of the text than Branagh's version. [ citation needed] It is directed by A. J. Antoon. The Papp production stars Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, and Barnard Hughes. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. [1] The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

Gordon, D. J. (1942). " "Much Ado about Nothing": A Possible Source for the Hero-Claudio Plot". Studies in Philology. 39 (2): 279–290. ISSN 0039-3738. JSTOR 4172572– via JSTOR. Act 2, scene 2 Don John and his henchman Borachio agree on a plan to disrupt the coming marriage: Borachio will convince Claudio that Hero is unfaithful by staging a meeting with Margaret, Hero’s waiting gentlewoman. Margaret will be dressed in Hero’s clothes, and Claudio will think that Borachio is Hero’s lover. Bate, Jonathan (2008). Soul of the Age: the Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare. London: Viking. p.305. ISBN 978-0-670-91482-1.Ramesh, Randeep (29 July 2006). "A matter of caste as Bollywood embraces the Bard". Guardian. London . Retrieved 5 April 2011. The Laurence Olivier Award for "Best Actress" was received by Tamsin Greig as Beatrice in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliott. [ citation needed]

On the night of Don John's treachery, the local Watch overheard Borachio and Conrade discussing their "treason" [5] and "most dangerous piece of lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth", [5] and arrested them therefore. Despite their ineptitude (headed by constable Dogberry), they obtain a confession and inform Leonato of Hero's innocence. Don John has fled, but a force is sent to capture him. Remorseful and thinking Hero dead, Claudio agrees to her father's demand that he marry Antonio's daughter, "almost the copy of my child that's dead". [4] Dusinberre, Juliet (1998). "Much Ado About Lying". In Marrapodi, Michele (ed.). The Italian world of English Renaissance drama: cultural exchange and intertextuality. Newark: University of Delaware Press. p.244. ISBN 0-87413-638-5. A comedy by Shakespeare, written probably 1598–9, first printed 1600. Its chief sources are a novella by Bandello and an episode in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.

Macbeth & Much Ado About Nothing:

It just feels really exciting because there is so much good will surrounding Creation, and with our own rep company to cast, we have the most incredible team of actors to bring our stories to life.” Nervous then about her first production with Creation? “We want to make extraordinary things happen through Creation and Much Ado absolutely fits the bill,” Helen, who was a student at Oxford’s Corpus Christi, says. Much Ado About Nothing by Creation and OVO. pics by Richard Budd

Much Ado About Nothing is set in Messina, a port city on the island of Sicily, when Sicily is ruled by Aragon. [16] Its action takes place mainly at the home and grounds of Leonato's Estate. Meanwhile, Don John plots to stop the wedding, embarrass his brother, and wreak misery on Leonato and Claudio. He tells Don Pedro and Claudio that Hero is "disloyal", [5] and arranges for them to see his associate, Borachio, enter her bedchamber and engage amorously with her (it is actually Hero's chambermaid). Claudio and Don Pedro are duped, and Claudio vows to humiliate Hero publicly.Set in the South Oxford Adventure Playground off Abingdon Road, the production comes complete with its own bar, and plenty of room for picnics so that you can settle in and enjoy the fun. Much Ado About Nothing by Creation and OVO. pics by Richard Budd McEachern, Claire, ed. (2016). "Introduction". Much Ado About Nothing. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series (2nd reviseded.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p.2. ISBN 978-1-903436-83-7.