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Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Start date: February 1, 2019

Finish date: February 28, 2019

Why we're reading this: February 2019 Old School Classic
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Apr 30, 2017 Sharon rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017-read, classics, shakespeare, plays, comedy

I really love the storyline with Benedick & Beatrice, they are well matched wit for wit and love for love. They're fun to watch throughout, but I really do NOT like the storyline with Claudio & Hero. I think Claudio was a jerk and Hero wasn't much of anything. She was a blank slate and I think that was the point, er, one of the points.

Romantic Comedies rely on misunderstandings and/or gossip which is one reason I don't tend to like them, and that of course was one of the main themes of this play ...more

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Aug 03, 2010 Melanti rated it it was amazing

Shelves: e-book, 2010, classics, play

This is the second of the plays being performed at the Shakespeare Festival this year. Like Midsummer Night's Dream, I read the play shortly before going to see it.

Much Ado is my favorite out of all of Shakespeare's comedies, though I tend to like his tragedies better.

Some of his plays, especially his comedies, get bogged down a bit by silly arguments that have nothing to do with the real plot like the "Knock me well, and Knock me soundly" argument in Taming of the Shrew. Funny, yes, but it's no ...more

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