Much Ado about Nothing: With New and Updated Critical

The newly revised signet classic Shakespeare series includes:

• An extensive overview of Shakespears's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barneti

• A special introduction to the play by the editor, David L. Stevenson, Hunter College
• A special note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived Much Ado About Nothing
• Dramatic Criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Charles Gildon, Lewis Carroll, George Bernard Shaw, Donald A. Stauffer, W.H. Auden, Carol Thomas Neely, and Robert Smallwood
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Much Ado About Nothing, then and now.
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type
• Up-to-date list of recommended readings.