Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
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Much Ado About Nothing

Author: William Shakespeare

Narrator: Matt Montanez

Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2017

Synopsis

Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.

The play includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are kept apart by pride and mutual antagonism until others decide to play Cupid.

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on December 26, 2024

Hey nonny, nonny! <--whatever that means, William. This is one that I've read before but I thought it would be cool to listen to the full cast audiobook. Definitely worth it. Just rewatched the 1993 movie, which is also worth it, but for a different reason. Keanu Reeves + Shakespeare = Unintentionally H......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on August 11, 2007

Let's face it, there aren't too many of Shakespeare's females who kick ass. Yes, we all can name the four or five that don't quite suck (Kat, Portia, Viola, Emilia, etc) but good strong feminine characters were not, it seems, the bard's strong suit. So as you wade through the whiny, conniving, helpl......more

Goodreads review by Bill on March 19, 2020

I don't think Much Ado ranks with Shakespeare's very best for three reasons: 1) the plot is weak, particularly the deception that moves things along during the first act (why does Don Pedro choose to woo by proxy en masque? What is to be gained by it except delay and confusion?), 2) Dogberry and Ver......more

Goodreads review by Elle on July 28, 2019

here I am reviewing this play exactly 420 years since it came out.... it's what Beatrice and Benedick would've wanted So... the thing is. This is, in all honesty, the play that got me into Shakespeare. I saw that Kenneth Branagh / Emma Thompson movie of it when I was maybe eight years old and I loved......more

Goodreads review by Henry on January 30, 2020

Don Pedro Prince of Aragon in Spain, is coming to Messina the capital of Sicily, for a little R&R just having defeated his treacherous half- brother in battle, (with few casualties, nobody important) Don John (the "Bastard") they are now reconciled again ! His army needs it Rest and Relaxation, the......more

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