Features information on Shakespeare's life and world, a history of notable productions of this famous comedy, and n
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English Pages 166 Year 1998
Table of contents :
Content: Shakespeare: an overview --
Introduction --
Much ado about nothing --
A note on the sources of Much ado about nothing --
The argument of Much ado about nothing / Charles Gildon --
A letter to Ellen Terry / Lewis Carroll --
Shakespear's merry gentlemen / George Bernard Shaw --
[Excerpt from] Shakespeare's world of images / Donald A. Stauffer --
[Excerpt from] The dyer's hand / W. H. Auden --
Broken nuptials in Much ado about nothing / Carol Thomas Neely --
Three ways to begin Much ado about nothing / Robert Smallwood --
Much ado about nothing on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet --
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