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One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are kept apart by pride and mutual antagonism until others decide to play Cupid. --Publisher
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2002
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A study guide to "Much Ado About Nothing," Shakespeare's tale of deceptions, secrets, and misunderstanding, providing background on Shakespeare's life and times, discussing his use of language, examining the history of critical response to the drama, and including advice to students on how to respond to and write about the play.
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Wilmot sisters volume 1
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"Opposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into going on a date, Jamie and Bea realize they have something else in common after all --...
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©2010
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With "Much Ado About Nothing", Shakespeare advanced his art, rendering the romantic comedy with greater elegance of composition and expression. The vividly depicted Beatrice and Benedick make it a play of character rather than situation, as the threats to romance are eventually banished and obstacles are overcome. The characters experience a psychological shift, rather than a change in their circumstances, in order to arrive at the love and mutual...
13) The Comedies
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1958,1980
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Contents: Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; Midsummer Night's Dream; Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night; Winter's Tale. Edited, with an introduction to each play and a glossary, by Peter Alexander. Introduction by Tyrone Guthrie, and illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Collector's...