Much Ado About Nothing
Plot summary
How much do you know about Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing? Read step by step through the play, helping you to identify key plot points.
Themes
Explore the main themes of love, conflict and appearance and reality looking at how they affect characters and influence the story.
Characters
Take an in-depth look at the main characters, identifying their key attributes and relationships and analysing their part in the play.
Language
Shakespeare is renowned for the language he used and often invented new words. Explore the way he uses rhythm and rhyme, imagery and metaphor and puns and wordplay.
Performance analysis
There are many different ways to interpret and perform Shakespeare’s plays. Watch the videos and decide how you would perform the three scenes from Much Ado About Nothing.