An international team of scholars offers: modernised, easily accessible texts
ample but unobtrusive academic guidance attention to the theatrical qualities of
each play and its stage history informative illustrations, including
reconstructions of early performances Much Ado has always been popular on the
stage. This edition pays special attention to the history and range of
theatrical interpretation. The most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to
the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. In
recent times the play's matched plots of two pairs of lovers have been of
interest to feminist critics. A full commentary includes annotation of the many
sexual jokes in the