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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