Much Ado About Nothing

Files

Streaming Media

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Performance Dates

June 10, 1933

Creative Team

Business Manager....................................Dempsey Snow

Stage Managers and Electricians.............Robert Munden and Robert Funk

Stage Carpenters......................................Robert Short and James McFeeley

Properties.................................................Grace Harrold and Edna Smith

Costume Design.......................................Marion Thompson

Director of Dance......................................Elizabeth Garland

Synopsis

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title, and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end, Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right, and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing

Disciplines

Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Keywords

Otterbein Theatre, Performing Arts, College Theater

Recommended Citation

Otterbein University, "Much Ado About Nothing" (1933). 1907-1958 Productions. 49.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1907-1958/49