Much Ado About Nothing

Unique Features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare

An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet

Special Introduction to the play by the editor, David L. Stevenson, Hunter College

A special note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived Much Ado About Nothing

Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Charles Gilden, Lewis Carroll, George Bernard Shaw, Donald A Stauffer, W.H. Auden, Carol Thomas Neely, and Robert Smallwood

A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors directors, and productions of Much Ado About Nothing, then and now

Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type

Up-to-date list of recommended readings (back cover)