18 books like Much Ado About Nothing

What to read after Much Ado About Nothing — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1797 · 968p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy with this book. Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy

Works [37 plays, 5 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1794 · 1376p · ≈ 45h · Demanding Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy with this book. Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy

Plays (43) William Shakespeare · 1663 · 890p · ≈ 29h · Demanding Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy with this book. Shares Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy

As You Like It William Shakespeare · 1734 · ★ 3.8 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the jester Touchstone) are living. Shares Juvenile drama, Comedy, Textual Criticism, English drama

Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare · 1598 · ★ 3.8 · 162p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities. Shares Juvenile drama, Shakespeare, English drama, Drama

A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare · 1800 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Two young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted… Shares Comedy, Shakespeare

The comedy of errors Robert S. Miola · 1997 · 592p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Shares Comedy, Shakespeare, Drama with this book.

Coriolanus William Shakespeare · 1734 · ★ 3.7 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A proud Roman general conquers the Volscians, leads them against Rome in revenge for his banishment, and is killed by the Volscian general when Coriolanus is persuaded to spare the city. Shares Juvenile drama, Shakespeare, English drama, Drama

A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare · 1600 · ★ 3.9 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Challenging One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief. When Oberon, the Fairy King, and his loyal hobgoblin servant, Puck, intervene in human affairs, the fate of these young couples is magically and hilariously transformed. Like a classic… Shares Juvenile drama, Courtship, Textual Criticism, Drama

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1730 · ★ 3.6 · 2364p · ≈ 78h · Demanding Shares Performing Arts, Courtship, English drama, Drama with this book. Shares Performing Arts, Courtship, English drama, Drama

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William Shakespeare Brian Vickers · 2002 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Drama with this book.

Pericles William Shakespeare · 1609 · ★ 3.5 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a seperate introduction to Pericles, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. Shares Quartos, English drama, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

The school for scandal, 1780 Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1778 · ★ 3.6 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The School for Scandal debuted at Drury Lane Theater in London in 1777. The play is still popular and regularly performed today. It is a comedy of manners about "the deceptive nature of appearances, the fickleness of reputation, [and] the often disreputable guises behind which goodness and honesty can conceal itself." Shares Comedy, English drama, Drama

Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare · 1598 · ★ 3.5 Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Shares Quartos, Shakespeare, English drama, Drama

Post-colonial Shakespeares Ania Loomba · 1998 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This collection of new essays explores the multiple possibilities for the study of Shakespeare in an emerging post-colonial period. Post-Colonial Shakespeares examines the extent to which our assumption about such key terms as 'colonization', 'race' and 'nation' derive from early modern English culture. It also looks at how such terms are themselves affected by what were established subsequently… Shares Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare · 1631 · ★ 3.7 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew. The comedy, often produced today because of its accessibility, is one of the plays Shakespeare intended for the general public rather than for the nobility. CliffsComplete combines the full original text of The Taming of the Shrew with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality… Shares Juvenile drama, English drama, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares Drama

Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding Francis Beaumont · 1634 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Shares Performing Arts, English drama, Drama with this book.

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