Much Ado About Nothing

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  • 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.