This is a five-page PDF of study materials from Bob Jones University for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. It includes information about the title and date, couples in the play, duties of the night watch, and Shakespeare's...

This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.

This is a summary and analysis of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including a list of characters, a plot summary and analysis, figures of speech, metaphors of fire, Dogberry's Malaporpisms, animal imagery, and study questions and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the text of an interview with Kimberley Sykes, Assistant Director of Iqbal Khan's 2012 Royal Shakespeare's Company production of Much Ado About Nothing and actor Madhav Sharma who plays Leonato.

Read an overview of the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.

This is a 60 Second Star: "She's Not My Hero" news article about characters and events in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It hightlights the plot, themes, and characters of the play in what the form of a new story.

Companion site for a Frontline program about the mystery surrounding the real author of Shakespeare's works. Contains information about the controversy, video excerpts from the program (Click "Video" along right side of the page),...

In William Shakespeare's plays, characters fight battles and face witches, lead kingdoms and hunt murderers, spend and squander money and friendship. Just as often, though, they focus on what can be an equally difficult struggle: the...

From cross-dressing in Twelfth Night to magical storms in The Tempest; from deception in Much Ado to biting satire in The Alchemist, discover the beauty and complexity of Shakespearean and Renaissance comedies.

Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.

From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.