MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

books and editions of the text including a fact sheet on the publication history of Much Ado About Nothing, the folio and quarto versions and a guide to current publications of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 

Quick Key Facts:

Written between 1598 and 1599

Probably first performed at The Globe before 1600.  

Published in First Quarto - 1600

First Folio - 1623 

Total Lines in Play - 2581 lines

Longest part - Benedick 432 lines

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on film - dvd, download and video - including a fact sheet on Much Ado About Nothing Film History and a guide to currently available films, movies and adaptations of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

theatre and stage productions including a fact sheet on Performance History, a guide to current and forthcoming worldwide productions, an archive of recent stagings and a guide to books on acting and staging Much Ado About Nothing.

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study guides, student notes, teaching aids and critical works on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including fact sheets on characters, plot and sources, and a guide to currently available Much Ado About Nothing study guides.