Much Ado About Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare

Sparkling with the witty dialogue between Beatrice and Benedict, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare''s most enjoyable and theatrically successful comedies. This edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction. Paying particular attention to analysis of the play''s minor characters, Sheldon P. Zitner discusses Shakespeare''s transformation of his source material. He rethinks the attitudes to gender relations