Much ado about nothing
(Book)

Publishers and dates vary.

First published in quarto in 1600. First Folio edition published in 1623.

Treated as a "blanket" record for the classic Shakespeare work in English. Other versions with criticism, illustrations, adaptations, etc. cataloged separately. CU/ktn 11/28/11

The eBook may be available on Gutenberg.org.

"Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a "merry war"; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of "noting" (which sounds the same as "nothing," and which is gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. However, Dogberry, a Constable who is a master of malapropisms, discovers the evil trickery of the villain, Don John. In the end, Don John is captured and everyone else joins in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples."--Summary from wikipedia.org

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