Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It is set in Messina, Sicily (which is in Italy) and is a comedy/love story about two pairs of lovers, Hero and Claudio and Benedick and Beatrice. This story is one of William Shakespeare's more popular plays.
The villain in this story is called Don John and he convinces Claudio that Hero is cheating on him and then he refuses to marry her whilst Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their true love for each other. In the end the Constable accidentally sorts everything out and everyone celebrates both marriages.
Don John (the villain) can't bear anyone else to be happy. He is an illegitimate child meaning his upbringing has been rocky and he is insecure, leading to his selfish behaviour getting the better of him throughout the play.
Much Ado About Nothing Media
- Shakespeare's Heroines - Beatrice.jpg
A painting of Beatrice by Frank Dicksee, from The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines
- Much Ado About Nothing by Alfred Elmore 1846.jpg
Swooning of Hero in the Church scene by Alfred Elmore
- 'Much Ado About Nothing', Act IV, Scene 2, the Examination of Conrade and Borachio (from the Boydell series) Robert Smirke (1753–1845) Royal Shakespeare Theatre.jpg
"Much Ado About Nothing", Act IV, Scene 2, the Examination of Conrade and Borachio (from the Boydell series), Robert Smirke (n.d.)
- Hero, Much Ado About Nothing, John William Wright.jpg
Hero, John William Wright (c. 1849)
- Kill Claudio.jpg
Drawing of Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Benedick and Winifred Emery as Beatrice in a 1905 production. Act IV, Scene I: "Kill Claudio".
- Beatrice, Hero and Ursula, John Jones, after Henry Fuseli.jpg
Beatrice, Hero and Ursula, John Jones, after Henry Fuseli (c. 1771)
- Beatrice overhears Hero and Ursula.jpg
A watercolor by John Sutcliffe: Beatrice overhears Hero and Ursula.
- Poster for the 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant.jpg
The official poster for the 2011 production starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate
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