Much Ado About Nothing
Elizabethan romantic comedy
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare, written around 1598-1599, centering on two pairs of lovers in Messina and featuring schemes, misunderstandings, and witty verbal sparring.
The title phrase, meaning a great fuss over something trivial, has entered common usage independent of the play: All that drama over a parking spot was much ado about nothing.
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- BeatriceClassical feminine name
- film adaptationsMovies based on books
- Elizabethan dramaLate sixteenth-century English theater
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
merry war · battle of wits · jealousy · Margaret · Messina · noting · iambic pentameter · romantic comedy · comedy · honor · masquerade · wedding scene · betrayal · forgiveness · love · stage productions · puns · reputation
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- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Literary AdaptationsOliver Twist, Les Miserables, Doctor Zhivago, Count of Monte Cristo, Treasure Island
- Stage RomanceRomeo and Juliet, balcony scene, love duet, romantic lead, leading lady
- British TheatreWest End, Macbeth, Globe, King Lear, pantomime
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Much Ado About Nothingstiff upper lip
Controlled emotional restraint