Much Ado About Nothing

The authoritative edition of Much Ado About Nothing from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.
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.
The Folger Library is the nation’s best, most navigable and most respected resource for Shakespeare scholarship and teaching. The authoritative edition of Much Ado About Nothing features the side-by-side format favored by both students and teachers, as well as guides to the play’s most famous lines and Shakespearean phrases and language.
This edition includes:
-The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference
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sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(251, 252, 253);" /> -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
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sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(251, 252, 253);" /> Essay by Gail Kern Paster
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