TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare,William AU - Mares,F.H.,ed TI - Much ado about nothing T2 - The New Cambridge Shakespeare SN - 9781107675353 U1 - 822.33 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Rejection-Psychology KW - Conspiracies KW - Courtship N2 - The most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Benedict and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and in this edition F. H Mares celebrates in his full commentary the superb prose dialogue, enriched by word-play and many sexual jokes. In updating this edition, Angela Stock reviews recent stage, film and critical treatment of this play's special interest in sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception- the romantic, and also the darker, more cynical aspects ER -