Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · c. 1599 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

Soldiers come back to Messina, where young Claudio falls for Hero on sight and Benedick resumes his running quarrel with Beatrice. Their friends conspire to trick the two wits into admitting love, while Don John arranges a staged slander to break the wedding. Merry war and near-tragedy in one.

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• reworks ↑ Love's Labour's Lost
  William Shakespeare · c. 1595 CE · Play

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