Additional Resources for Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Much Ado about Nothing Sources For Further Study

Literary Commentary

Allen, John A. "Dogberry." Shakespeare Quarterly XXIV, No.1 (Winter 1973): 35-53

Emphasizes the important role played by Dogberry in Much Ado. The critIc holds that Dogberry is at the pivot point of dramatic action in the play, and is far more than simply a figure of fun.

Barish, Jonas A. Barish. "Pattern and Purpose in the Prose of Much Ado about Nothing." Rice University Studies, Renaissance Studies 60, No.2 (Spring 1974): 19-30.

Illustrates how Shakespeare varies and manipulates the word patterns in Much Ado to imply differing uses of these patterns and differing attitudes toward them, to make them active elements in the play's progress.

Branagh, Kenneth. Introduction to Much Ado about Nothing, by William Shakespeare, pp. vi-xvi. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1993.

Concerns the question, "Why film Much Ado about Nothing?"- to which Branagh replies that "it speaks loudly and gloriously...
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