Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare, William

ISBN: 9780521532501

Cambridge University Press, 01 May 2003

Paperback, 174 pages

Famous actors have appeared as this play's sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick's time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the play's concerns with sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-22152-8 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-29367-7

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Book Description
Second edition of Much Ado About Nothing, with a new introductory section by Angela Stock.