Much Ado About Nothing is unusual among Shakespeare` s plays in that it was written almost entirely in prose. It is a story of the reluctant love and sexual confrontation between Beatrice and Benedick and of the classical love between Claudio and Hero. Full of dramatic speed and high humour, Much Ado About Nothing is a mature comedy with a record of consistent theatrical success.
The taxt of this edition is taken from the Cambridge University Press New Shakespeare, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and John Dover Wilson.