Evans, G. Blakemore (1997). "Much Ado about Nothing". The Riverside Shakespeare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p.361. ISBN 0-395-85822-4.

Act 3, scene 3 That night, Messina’s master constable, Dogberry, and his assistant, Verges, set the night watch, telling the watchmen to pay particular attention to any activity around Leonato’s house. Borachio enters, telling his companion, Conrade, about the charade that made Claudio and Don Pedro think that Hero had just allowed him to enter her chamber. Borachio and Conrade are arrested by the watch. It just feels really exciting because there is so much good will surrounding Creation, and with our own rep company to cast, we have the most incredible team of actors to bring our stories to life.”Set in the South Oxford Adventure Playground off Abingdon Road, the production comes complete with its own bar, and plenty of room for picnics so that you can settle in and enjoy the fun. Much Ado About Nothing by Creation and OVO. pics by Richard Budd We want to make extraordinary things happen through Creation and Much Ado absolutely fits the bill’ a b c Rasmussen, Eric; Bate, Jonathan (2007). "Much Ado About Nothing". The RSC Shakespeare: the complete works. New York: Macmillan. p.257. ISBN 978-0-230-00350-7.

A Tony Award Nomination for "Best Featured Actor in a Play" went to Barnard Hughes as Dogberry in the New York Shakespeare Festival production. [ citation needed]A Tony Award Nomination for "Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play" went to Kathleen Widdoes. [ citation needed] Act 5, scene 3 Claudio appears at Leonato’s family tomb, has a song sung for Hero, and hangs a scroll on the tomb. A triple play on words in which noting signifies noticing, musical notes, and nothing, occurs at (2.3.47–52): I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore I have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking: in the meantime let me be that I am and seek not to alter me. Ramesh, Randeep (29 July 2006). "A matter of caste as Bollywood embraces the Bard". Guardian. London . Retrieved 5 April 2011.

Much Ado About Nothing is set in Messina, a port city on the island of Sicily, when Sicily is ruled by Aragon. [16] Its action takes place mainly at the home and grounds of Leonato's Estate. In Macbeth, an ambitious general and his passionate wife are seduced by supernatural prophecies of glory. But when they give in to temptation, their choices will have terrible consequences.Cavendish, Dominic (10 May 2011). "David Tennant and Catherine Tate interview for 'Much Ado About Nothing' ". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 28 May 2011. Act 1, scene 2 Leonato is given a garbled account of the conversation between Don Pedro and Claudio, and is led to believe that Don Pedro wishes to marry Hero.

Bate, Jonathan (2008). Soul of the Age: the Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare. London: Viking. p.305. ISBN 978-0-670-91482-1. The Evening Standard Award for "Best Actress" went to Felicity Kendal as Beatrice in Elijah Moshinsky's production at the Strand Theatre. [ citation needed] Creation and OVO’s co-production Much Ado at South Oxford Adventure Playground runs from July 12- August 19 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Age recommendation 7+. Book here

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Much Ado About Nothing review – Mel Giedroyc blazes through Great Sicilian Bake Off". The Guardian. 19 April 2018 . Retrieved 26 January 2023. In 2005, the BBC adapted the story by setting it in the modern-day studios of Wessex Tonight, a fictional regional news programme, as part of the ShakespeaRe-Told season, with Damian Lewis, Sarah Parish, and Billie Piper. [50]