Much Ado about Nothing

　　Book Description
　　The work of the world's greatest dramatist is edited by outstanding scholars and presented here, along with an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world and theater, a special note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived this work, dramatic criticism, commentaries, and much more.

Shakespeare: An Overview vii
　Biographical Sketch vii / A Note on the Anti-Stratfordians, Especially Baconians and Oxfordians xi / The Shakespeare Canon xv / Shakespeare's English xviii / Shakespeare's The- ater xxvi I A Note on the Use of Boy Actors in Female Roles xxxiii / Shakespeare's Dramatic Language: Costumes, Ges- tures and Silences; Prose and Poetry xxxvi / The Play Text as a Collaboration xliii / Editing Texts xlix / Shakespeare on the Stage liv
Introduction lxiii
Much Ado About Nothing
Textual Note
A Note on the Sources of Much Ado About Nothing
Commentaries
　CHARLES GILDON  The Argument of Much Ado About Nothing
　LEWIS CARROLL  A Letter to Ellen Terry
　GEORGE BERNARD SHAW  Shakespear's Merry Gentlemen
　DONALD A. STAUFFER  From Shakespeare's World of Images
　W. H. AUDEN  From The Dyer's Hand
　CAROL THOMAS NELLY  Broken Nuptials in Much Ado About Nothing
　ROBERT SMALLWOOD  Three Ways to Begin Much Ado About Nothing
　SYLVAN BARNET  Much Ado About Nothing on Stage and Screen
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