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Much Ado about Nothing

  • Textbook
  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Pamela Mason
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Part of the book series: Text and Performance (TEPE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  3. Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Setting and Style

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 43-46

    3. 1949 — A Fairy-Tale Fantasy

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 47-51

    4. 1965 — Fornicate Sicilian Style!

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 51-55

    5. 1968 — High Renaissance

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 56-60

    6. 1976 — An Indian Summer

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 61-67

    7. 1981–1990 — ‘Strike Up, Pipers’

      • Pamela Mason
      Pages 68-74

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 75-79
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About this book

In Part 1 Text Pamela Mason explores such themes as the wealth of references to fashion, the way reality can be dressed in verbal disguise and the delicate balance of comic and tragic moods throughout the play. Particular attention is paid to the characters of Beatrice and Benedick and the 'covered fire' of passion beneath their surface wit. Part 2 Performance discusses four major productions in detail: John Gielgud (RSC 1949), Franco Zeffirelli (NT 1965), Trevor Nunn (RSC 1968) and John Barton (RSC 1976).

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