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       William Shakespeare

      MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

       Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

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       [email protected] 2017 OK Publishing ISBN 978-80-272-3384-7

       Much Ado About Nothing

       DRAMATIS PERSONAE

       ACT 1.

       ACT 2.

       ACT 3.

       ACT 4.

       ACT 5.

       The Life of William Shakespeare

       PREFACE

       I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH

       II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE

       III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD

       IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE

       V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS

       VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC

       VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY

       VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS

       IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON

       X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS

       XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER

       XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE

       XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

       XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY

       XV—THE LATEST PLAYS

       XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE

       XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

       XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS

       XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY

       XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION

       XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE

       APPENDIX

      Much Ado About Nothing

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

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       DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon.

       DON JOHN, his bastard Brother.

       CLAUDIO, a young Lord of Florence.

       BENEDICK, a young Lord of Padua.

       LEONATO, Governor of Messina.

       ANTONIO, his Brother.

       BALTHAZAR, Servant to Don Pedro.

       BORACHIO, follower of Don John.

       CONRADE, follower of Don John.

       DOGBERRY, a Constable.

       VERGES, a Headborough.

       FRIAR FRANCIS.

       A Sexton.

       A Boy.

       HERO, Daughter to Leonato.

       BEATRICE, Niece to Leonato.

       MARGARET, Waiting-gentlewoman attending on Hero.

       URSULA, Waiting-gentlewoman attending on Hero.

       Messengers, Watch, Attendants, &c.

       SCENE. Messina.

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      Scene I. Before LEONATO’S House.

       [Enter LEONATO, HERO, BEATRICE and others, with a Messenger.]

       LEONATO. I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina.

       MESSENGER. He is very near by this: he was not three leagues off when I left him.

       LEONATO.

       How many gentlemen have you lost in this action?

       MESSENGER.

       But few of any sort, and none of name.

       LEONATO.

       A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.

       I find here that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young

       Florentine called Claudio.

       MESSENGER. Much deserved on his part,

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