Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare from c. 1598–99

About

In Messina, the sharp-tongued Benedick and Beatrice are tricked by their friends into admitting they love each other, while the tender courtship of Hero and Claudio is nearly destroyed by a villain's false accusation of infidelity. Sharp wit, wounded pride, and a staged death bring both couples to the altar.

Much Ado About Nothing

Characters: 22
Words: 20.4k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~2 hr 33 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines

1

LEONATO

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143

2

SIGNIOR BENEDICK

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142

3

PRINCE

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135

4

COUNT CLAUDIO

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125

5

BEATRICE

BEATRICE

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106

6

DOGBERRY

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55

7

HERO

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44

8

DON PEDRO

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41

17 sections

20.4k words

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Act 1

1

Act 1 Scene 1

2.5k18:30

2

Act 1 Scene 2

1831:22

3

Act 1 Scene 3

5584:11

Act 2

4

Act 2 Scene 1

2.9k21:57

5

Act 2 Scene 2

4143:06

6

Act 2 Scene 3

2k15:05

Act 3

7

Act 3 Scene 1

8976:44

8

Act 3 Scene 2

9216:54

9

Act 3 Scene 3

1.3k9:58

10

Act 3 Scene 4

6875:09

11

Act 3 Scene 5

4793:36

Act 4

12

Act 4 Scene 1

2.5k18:59

13

Act 4 Scene 2

5904:26

Act 5

14

Act 5 Scene 1

2.6k19:27

15

Act 5 Scene 2

6294:43

16

Act 5 Scene 3

1391:03

17

Act 5 Scene 4

1k7:36

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