Much Ado about Nothing
Much Ado about Nothing
3rd Edition
November 2018
Available
Hardback
9781107174733
Much Ado about Nothing has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays especial attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation, in which famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice. A full commentary includes annotation of the many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the complexity of Elizabethan language. In this new edition, Travis D. Williams reviews recent stage, television, film and critical interpretations of the play, considering treatment of the play's special interest in language, bodies and gender.
- Features a fresh introductory section which brings the edition's analysis of scholarly criticism and performance right up-to-date
- Provides a revised reading list
- Includes fresh illustrations
Product details
November 2018Hardback
9781107174733
198 pages
234 × 156 × 13 mm
0.45kg
16 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The play
- Supplementary notes
- Textual analysis
- Appendixes:
- 1. The time-scheme of Much Ado about Nothing, 2. Lewis Carroll's letter to Ellen Terry, 3. Benedick's song, 5.2.18-22
- Reading list.
