Much Ado About Nothing

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comedy play stage work

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that centers on witty banter, romantic misunderstandings, and schemes involving two couples in the Italian town of Messina.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Much Ado About Nothing canonical	24
Act I of Much Ado About Nothing	1
Act V of Much Ado About Nothing	1
Much Ado About Nothing (incidental music)	1
Much Ado About Nothing (play)	1
Much Ado About Nothing (score)	1
Much Ado About Nothing (stage performance)	1
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare	1
Shakespeare’s Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy ⓘ play ⓘ stage work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate	1598–1599 ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Antonio ⓘ Beatrice ⓘ Benedick ⓘ Borachio ⓘ Claudio ⓘ Dogberry ⓘ Don John ⓘ Don Pedro ⓘ Friar Francis ⓘ Hero ⓘ Leonato ⓘ Margaret ⓘ
firstFolioPublicationYear	1623 ⓘ
firstKnownPerformanceDate	circa 1598–1600 ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	quarto ⓘ
firstQuartoPublicationYear	1600 ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) ⓘ Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) ⓘ stage musical adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
includedIn	First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ surface form: First Folio
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	dramatic comedy ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
notableFeature	strong female protagonist Beatrice ⓘ use of prose for comic dialogue ⓘ
notableMotif	masks and masquerade ⓘ overhearing and misreporting ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeInShakespeareCanon	one of Shakespeare's mature comedies ⓘ
plotElement	eavesdropping scenes ⓘ false accusation of infidelity ⓘ gulling of Beatrice and Benedick ⓘ romantic misunderstandings ⓘ staged death of Hero ⓘ witty banter ⓘ
primaryTheme	deception ⓘ gender roles ⓘ honor ⓘ love ⓘ reputation ⓘ
settingCountry	Italy ⓘ
settingLocation	Messina ⓘ
structure	five-act play ⓘ

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Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

Patrick Doyle → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (score)

Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) → title → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (incidental music)

First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays → containsWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

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subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare

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this entity surface form: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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this entity surface form: Act V of Much Ado About Nothing

Stephen Evans → basedOn → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

subject surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)

this entity surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (play)

Zoë Wanamaker → notableTheatreWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

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Raul Julia → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (stage performance)

Alfred Lunt → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

Judith → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

subject surface form: Judith Olivia Dench

Lily Rabe → theaterWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

Sam Waterston → notableWork → Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ

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