Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Much Ado About Nothing is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. Key features:1. Accessible notes and commentataries 2. Two-column format for easy reference checking and immediate explanations3. Wide margins to provide plenty of space for annotations and note taking 4. Additional information and reading lists (including websites)5. Illustrations dotted throughout, both contextual and explanatorySuitable for: - Students aged 11+- All exam boardsThe Oxford School Shakespeare range includes over 20 of Shakespeare's plays, plus revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.

A lovely publication, great explanations, notes and images.

Vorwort
Much Ado About Nothing, in the popular Oxford School Shakespeare series, updated with a fresh new look.

Klappentext

Oxford School Shakespeare enthält den ungekürzten Text der Stücke mit Anmerkungen und Erklärungen.

• Jede Seite ist in zwei Spalten gegliedert, Text und Anmerkungen stehen nebeneinander
• Zeichnungen erläutern besonders schwierige Wörter und Ausdrücke
• Jeder Akt und jede Szene wird knapp zusammengefasst
• Allgemeine Anmerkungen zu den wichtigsten Charakteren
• Hinweise zu Prüfungsfragen
• Ein vollständiges Verzeichnis der Stücke Shakespeares
• Eine kurze Biografie des Dichters und Dramatikers

Zusammenfassung
Much Ado About Nothing is a popular text for study by secondary students around the world. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• • About the Play
• • Leading Characters in the Play
• • Synopsis
• • Much Ado About Nothing Commentary
• • The Outsider
• • Shakespeare's Style
• • Source, text and Date

• Characters in the Play

• Much Ado About Nothing

• Benedick's Song

• 'A Hero-ic puzzle'

• Background

• England in 1599

• Government

• Religion

• Education

• Language

• Drama

• Theatre

• William Shakespeare 1564-1616

• Approximate Dates of Composition of Shakespeare's Works

• Exploring Much Ado About Nothing in the Classroom

• • Ways into the play
• • Setting the scene
• • Keeping Track of the Action
• • Characters
• • Themes
• • Shakespeare's Language
• • Exploring with Drama
• • Writing about Much Ado About Nothing

• Further reading resources