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"Much Ado About Nothing", Act IV, Scene 2, the Examination of Conrade and Borachio (from the Boydell series), Robert Smirke (n.d.) On the night of Don John's treachery, the local Watch overheard Borachio and Conrade discussing their "treason" [ 5 ] and "most dangerous piece of lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth", [ 5 ] and arrested ...
Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Kenneth Branagh , who adapted the play for the screen and directed it, also stars in the film, which features Emma Thompson , Robert Sean Leonard , Denzel Washington , Michael Keaton , Keanu Reeves , and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut.
Watercolor by John Masey Wright of Act II, Scene ii (the balcony scene). In the later balcony scene, Shakespeare has Romeo overhear Juliet's soliloquy, but in Brooke's version of the story, her declaration is done alone. By bringing Romeo into the scene to eavesdrop, Shakespeare breaks from the normal sequence of courtship.
“Much Ado” has some of the most gullible characters in all of Shakespeare. Charades are foolproof: No sooner does a character overhear some false information than they are instantly bamboozled.
Cymbeline – The Yale Shakespeare suggests that a collaborator may have been responsible for parts or all of act III, scene 7, and act V, scene 2; Edward III – Brian Vickers concluded that the play was 40% Shakespeare and 60% Thomas Kyd. Henry VI, Part 1 – Some scholars argue that Shakespeare wrote less than 20% of the text.
The inaugural episode was set to be Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Donald McWhinnie, and starring Penelope Keith and Michael York. [66] The episode was shot (costing £250,000), edited and even publicly announced as the opening of the series before it was suddenly pulled from the schedule and replaced with Romeo & Juliet (which was ...
Much Ado About Nothing was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on October 8, 2013. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] The film's US Blu-ray Disc features 1080p video , DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround , an UltraViolet digital copy, a music video for "Sigh No More" (one of the songs from the soundtrack), two audio commentaries and two featurettes . [ 87 ]
Measure, measures, or old measures – As You Like It (Act V, scene 4), Richard II (Act III, scene 4), Much Ado About Nothing (Act II, scene 1) Jig – Love's Labour's Lost (Act III, scene 1), Much Ado About Nothing (Act II, scene 1) Country footing – The Tempest (Act IV, scene 1) Canario – All's Well That Ends Well (Act II, scene 1)