![]() ![]() What is striking about Much Ado About Nothing is that it is written largely in prose. Ludovico Ariosto's version in Canto V of Orlando Furioso in 1516 was translated into English in 1591 by Sir John Harington or Matteo Bandello's twenty-second Novella from 1554 and translated into French by Belleforest in 1590 are two possible versions that Shakespeare may have known. The for the second story of a lady falsely accused, however, there are numerous possible sources. ![]() There is not specific source for the first story, although Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde provides a basis where two people who scorn love fall in love with each other. Much Ado About Nothing conflates two separate stories into one plot: the baiting of Benedick and Beatrice into a declaration of love and the deception of Claudio into mistakenly thinking that Hero is unchaste. The First Folio of 1623 relied on the 1600 publication of the play. Several stage directions and the inclusion of characters subsequently abandoned from the play lend credence to this belief. Scholars tend to agree that the 1600 Quarto originated from Shakespeare's own manuscript. Scholars tend to believe that the Lord Chamberlain's men were fighting to ensure they would receive payment for the publication of the manuscript, a dispute that was obviously resolved given the subsequent publication later that year. not published until further permission is given by the company. The play is also listed in the Stationers' Register as of August 4, 1600, along with As You Like It and Henry V and all are marked "to be staied", i.e. The 1600 printing was the only copy published during Shakespeare's lifetime, and bears the title inscription describing that the play "hath been sundrie times publickly acted by the right honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants". Much Ado About Nothing was first published in 1600 and was likely written in 1598. ![]()
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