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Much Ado About Nothing (Longman Schools Shakespeare) - Community Reviews back

by William Shakespeare
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 5 years ago
That was fun, but I'm still no fan of Will's comedies. Still, this was one of the better of the comedies I have read so far (I am not a fan of A Midsummer Night's Dream) and there are elements that I really loved in this: For one, there are ideas in this play that seem to re-appear in later play...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 9 years ago
This is a slightly overrated Shakespeare play. It's title which is a play on slang for female genitalia also catches the fact that the play isn't really about anything. That's not necessarily a problem of course romantic comedies can all be about being light as a souffle, but this one is merely mi...
annie reads stuff
annie reads stuff rated it 9 years ago
Entre todas las comedias románticas, Much Ado About Nothing queda como una de los clásicos del género, no por su innovación (sería imposible decir si Shakespeare inventó temas centrales de la obra, y por lo que conocemos de él, sería incorrecto) sino por ejecutar a la perfección los temas (y clichés...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 10 years ago
Published 1989. NB: Read in tandem with the Branagh, Whedon and BBC’s versions. This review draws extensively from my reading of the three movies, as well as from my re-reading of the play. Let’s get this out of the way first. “Much Ado about Nothing” is one of my favourite Shakespeare’s plays...
Meandering Em's
Meandering Em's rated it 10 years ago
I find that Shakespeare's comedies are much easier to read and understand than the tragedies and histories. This is true in the comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. The interplay between Benedick and Beatrice was fun to read and imagine. However, the story of Claudio and Hero was a complete mess. Claudio...
The Symmetrical Bookworm
The Symmetrical Bookworm rated it 11 years ago
Shakespeare truly is the greatest writer of the English language. For the most part, I really enjoyed this book. I liked that it had a happy ending, and nobody died because of a stupid misunderstanding.Speaking of that stupid misunderstand, Claudio was kind of an idiot, and Hero was underdeveloped. ...
the reader of books
the reader of books rated it 11 years ago
Beatrice and Benedick need a sequel.
hystericalcheezit
hystericalcheezit rated it 11 years ago
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Syahira's Literary Obsession
Syahira's Literary Obsession rated it 11 years ago
Like Neil Gaiman, Shakespeare's drama is best seen and heard rather than read. There were a realm of dramatic wonders and non-verbal interpretations that didn't exist in the text form. Considering the last time I read anything by Shakespeare was high school, its been long overdue for me. Granted, I ...
All the World's a Page
All the World's a Page rated it 11 years ago
Shakespeare, despite it's dated language, forgotten words, and belabored teaching in high school classrooms will seemingly never go out of fashion. I disagree whole-heartedly with Mr. Ramsy's assertion that "The very stone that one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare," in Virginia Woolf's...
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