Shakespeare in Performance: Play

Much Ado About Nothing

Title	Much Ado About Nothing
Composition Date	1599
Year First Published	1600
Genres	comedy
Artifacts for Related Productions	graphic (1 artifact) magazine (6 collections) pamphlet (9 collections, 7 artifacts) photograph (13 artifacts) postcard (4 collections) poster (10 artifacts) press clipping (1 artifact) press release (2 artifacts) production still (210 artifacts) program (31 collections) prompt book (1 collection) review (1 collection, 9 artifacts) other (1 collection)

Productions connected to Much Ado About Nothing

Title	Year	Creator	Country	Type	Connection
Much Ado about Nothing	2017	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	2015	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2014		USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2013	Annapolis Shakespeare Company		stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2012	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2012	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	2012	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2011	The Bell Shakespeare Company	Australia	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2011	The Old Globe	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2011	Shakespeare by the Sea - Los Angeles	USA	stage	performance
Viel Larm um Nichts	2011	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2010	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2010	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2010	Brentwood Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2009	Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2009	Oregon Shakespeare Festival		stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2008	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2008	Red Shift Theatre Company	UK	stage	adaptation
Much Ado About Nothing	2008	Nebraska Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2008	Victoria Shakespeare Society	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2007	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2007	Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2007	The National Theatre	UK	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2006	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2006	The Shakespeare Company	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2006	Shakespeare by the Sea - Sydney	Australia	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2006	Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2006	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Adoe About Nothing	2006	St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival	Canada	stage	performance
Viel Lärm um Nichts	2006	Burgtheater	Austria	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2005	Heart of America Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2005	San Francisco Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Viel Lärm um Nichts	2005	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	British Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2004	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Shakespeare's Comic Olympics	2004	Upstart Crow Theatre Group	Canada	stage	adaptation
Much Ado About Nothing	2003	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2003	Shakespeare and Company	USA	stage	performance
Vell Jedöhns wääje Nüß	2003	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2002	Shakespeare Theatre Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2002	Marin Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2002	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2001	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2001	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2000	The Bell Shakespeare Company	Australia	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2000	Shakespeare and Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2000	British Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	2000	First Folio Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1998	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1998	Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1998	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1997	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1997	Nebraska Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado Bout Nothin	1997	Upstart Crow Theatre Group	Canada	stage	adaptation
Much Ado About Nothing	1996	Bard on the Beach	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1996	The Bell Shakespeare Company	Australia	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1996	British Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1995	Marin Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1994	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1993	Kenneth Branagh	GB	recorded	interpretation
Much Ado About Nothing	1991	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1990	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1989	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1988	Peter Moss	Canada	recorded	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1987	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1987	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1984	Stuart Burge	GB	recorded	interpretation
Much Ado About Nothing	1983	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1981	Idaho Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1980	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1978	Donald McWhinnie	GB	recorded	teleplay
Much Ado About Nothing	1977	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1977	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1976	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing, 4.1; 5.2	1974	Peter Seabourne	GB	recorded	scene(s)
Beaucoup de bruit pour rien	1973	Samson Samsonov	USSR	recorded	adaptation
Much Ado about Nothing	1973	A. J. Antoon	USA	recorded	teleplay
Much Ado About Nothing	1971	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1971	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1971	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1967	Alan Cooke	GB	recorded	teleplay
Much Ado About Nothing	1965	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1964		USA	recorded	abridgment
Much Ado About Nothing	1963	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Viel Larm um Nichts. [Much Ado about Nothing]	1963	Martin Hellberg	Germany	recorded	teleplay
Much Ado About Nothing	1958	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Much Ado About Nothing	1958	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Mnogo shuma iz nichevo. [Much Ado about Nothing]	1956	L. Zamkovoi	USSR	recorded	recording
Much Ado About Nothing	1952	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
Viel Lärm um Nichts	1950	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Germany	stage	performance
Viel Lärm um Nichts	1939	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1937		GB	recorded	teleplay
Wet Paint	1926	Arthur Rosson	USA	recorded	derivative
Viel Lärm um Nichts	1915	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Germany	stage	performance
Much Ado about Nothing	1909	Sigmund Lubin	USA	recorded	title only

Characters

Antonio (Hist brother)
Attendants
Balthasar (Attendant on Don Pedro)
Borachio (Follower of Don John)
Boy
Conrade (Follower of Don John)
Dogberry (A constable)
Don John (His bastard brother)
Francis
Ladies
Lady Beatrice (Niece to Leonato)
Lady Hero (Daughter to Leonato)
Leonato (Governor of Messina)
Lord
Lord Benedick (A young lord of Padua)
Lord Claudio (A young lord of Florence)
Margaret (Gentlewoman attending on Hero)
Messengers
Oatcake
Prince Don Pedro (Prince of Arragon)
Seacole
Sexton
Ursula (Gentlewoman attending on Hero)
Verges (A headborough)
Watch
William Crowley

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