On the CD: Hear 26 great performances including Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud as Beatrice and Benedick and Saskia Reeves and Samuel West from the Complete Arkangel Shakespeare
See photographs from notable productions:
Harriet Walter, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Janet Suzman at the RSC
Kristen Johnson, Jimmy Smits, and David Hyde Pierce from the Public Theater (NYC)
Read essays and commentary with insights from:
Text editor Jeffrey Kahan on productions of Much Ado About Nothing throughout history
Courtney Lehmann on Branagh's 1993 film
Table of Contents
About Sourcebooks MediaFusion
About the Text
On the CD
Featured Audio Productions
Note from the Series Editors
In Production: Much Ado About Nothing through the Years
by Jeffrey Kahan
As Performed: In the 1993 MGM Film Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kenneth Branagh
by Courtney Lehmann
“A Kind of Merry War”: Much Ado About Nothing in Popular Culture
by Douglas Lanier
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
The Cast Speaks: The 2006 Cast from the Stratford Festival of Canada
by Marie Macaisa
A Voice Coach’s Perspective on Shakespeare: Keeping Shakespeare Practical
by Andrew Wade
In the Age of Shakespeare
by Thomas Garvey
About the Online Teaching Resources
Acknowledgments
Audio Credits
Photo Credits
About the Contributors