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Much Ado About Nothing boasts one of Shakespeare's most delightful heroines, most dancing wordplay, and the endearing spectacle of intellectual and social self-importance bested by the desire to love and be loved in return. It offers both the dancing wit of the "merry war" between the sexes, and a sobering vision of the costs of that combat for both men and women. Shakespeare dramatizes a social world in all of its vibrant particulars, in which characters are shaped by the relations between social convention and individual choice.T... read more

What is Much Ado About Nothing about? This Cambridge Student Guide will help students to evaluate the historical, social and cultural contexts for a broader understanding of Shakespeare's play. Contents include an introduction; detailed running commentary on the text; insight into historical, social and cultural contexts; analysis of the language; an overview of critical approaches and different interpretations; essay-writing tips and lists of recommended resources.

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Using a carefully edited text and a unique cartoon-strip format to link important passages, the Livewire Shakespeare series brings to life Shakespeare's most popular plays, making them accessible to students of all abilities. The Teacher's Resource supports the teacher with activities and photocopiable worksheets.

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Extensively researched, photocopiable material that can be used as the basis of delivering lessons, for student research and preparation, for follow-up homework, or as cover work in the case of teacher absence.

This title contains six assignments (four for GCSE and two for AS), enabling teachers to adopt fresh and original approaches to coursework and providing students with a framework for the preparation of material. Photocopiable worksheets with attractive line drawing offer a range of activities to engage students practically with issues of expression and stage presentation. It provides material suitable for whole class discussion and individual work, which can be used for reading and response in the calssroom or as a homework resourc... read more

Much Ado has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays especial attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation, in which the most 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. For this updated edition Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction in which she reviews the romantic and th... read more