Much Ado About Nothing

By William Shakespeare

Edited by Grechen Minton

Internet Shakespeare Editions

University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Published 2005, updated 2010-05-19

Coordinating Editor: Michael Best

Research Assistants: Alan Galey, Hannah King, Beth Norris

This text was prepared for the Internet Shakespeare Editions in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, under the direction of Michael Best; it has been checked electronically with the text from the Oxford Text Archive and proofread carefully by our research assistant(s) but has not yet been fully edited.

Copyright Internet Shakespeare Editions. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Coordinating Editor.

The Texts

• Much Ado About Nothing (Folio 1, 1623)
• Much Ado About Nothing (Quarto 1, 1600)

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Facsimiles

• First Folio (1623) from Brandeis University Library
• First Folio (1623) from State Library of New South Wales
• Second Folio (1632) from State Library of New South Wales
• Third Folio (1664) from State Library of New South Wales
• Fourth Folio (1685) from State Library of New South Wales

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Performances

• Much Ado About Nothing (2012, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• Much Ado about Nothing (2012, American Shakespeare Center, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2011, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Australia)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2011, The Old Globe, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2011, Shakespeare by the Sea - Los Angeles, USA)
• Viel Larm um Nichts (2011, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2010, Bard on the Beach, Canada)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2010, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2010, Brentwood Shakespeare Company, UK)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2009, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2009, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2008, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2008, Red Shift Theatre Company, UK)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2008, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2008, Victoria Shakespeare Society, Canada)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2007, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2007, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2007, The National Theatre, UK)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2006, American Shakespeare Center, USA)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2006, The Shakespeare Company, Canada)
• 63 more performances…

Artifacts

Performance Materials

• graphic artifacts (1 artifact)
• magazine artifacts (6 collections)
• other artifacts (1 collection)
• pamphlet artifacts (9 collections, 7 artifacts)
• photograph artifacts (13 artifacts)
• postcard artifacts (4 collections)
• poster artifacts (10 artifacts)
• press clipping artifacts (1 artifact)
• press release artifacts (2 artifacts)
• production still artifacts (210 artifacts)
• program artifacts (31 collections)
• prompt book artifacts (1 collection)
• review artifacts (1 collection, 9 artifacts)