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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

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Genre
Comedy
Characters
Antonio Balthasar Beatrice Benedick Borachio Claudio Conrade Dogberry Don John Don Pedro Friar Frances Hero Innogen Leonato Margaret Ursula Verges
Date
1600
Original language
Early Modern English
Setting
Messina, Italy
Written by
William Shakespeare

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Much Ado About Nothing

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related to Young adult fiction · 22
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related to Music · 18
Much Ado About Nothing → Beatrice, Beaucoup, Béatrice, Bénédict, Doppler, Edward MacDowell, Ellen Terry's, Hector Berlioz, Henri-Montan Berton, Jean-Élie Bédéno Dejaure, Montano, Nichts, Paul Puget, Piano Concerto No, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Stéphanie, The, Viel Lärm
related to External links · 15
Much Ado About Nothing → About Nothing, Beatrice, British LibraryLesson, Canada, Hero, Leonato, LibriVox, MITMuch Ado About Nothing, New International Encyclopedia, Nothing, Project GutenbergText, Standard EbooksMuch Ado About, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The, Web English TeacherMuch Ado
related to Date and text · 13
Much Ado About Nothing → According, Andrew Wise, Court, February, First Folio, Frederick, In, Palatinate, Princess Elizabeth, The, This, Wedding, William Aspley
related to Setting · 5
Much Ado About Nothing → Aragon, Its, Leonato's Estate, Messina, Sicily
see also · 4
Much Ado About Nothing → Margaret, Much Ado About NothingList, Shakespeare, Uranus
Characters · 1
Much Ado About Nothing → Antonio Balthasar Beatrice Benedick Borachio Claudio Conrade Dogberry Don John Don Pedro Friar Frances Hero Innogen Leonato Margaret Ursula Verges
Date · 1
Much Ado About Nothing → 1600
Genre · 1
Much Ado About Nothing → Comedy
Original language · 1
Much Ado About Nothing → Early Modern English

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Much Ado About NothingWritten byWilliam Shakespeare1.00infobox
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