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Don pedro, accompanied by claudio and benedick, return triumphant to the home of leonato, an italian. After don pedro woos her in disguise for claudio, the two young lovers plan to marry in a week. Much ado about nothing pennsylvania shakespeare festival. Shakespeares original much ado about nothing text is extremely long, so weve split the text into one scene per page. Mischief runs rampant in act 4 of shakespeares much ado about nothing. Claudios feelings for hero, leonatos only daughter, are rekindled upon. Listen to much ado about nothing audiobook by william shakespeare, narrated by saskia reeves, samuel west, paul jesson, jason omara, abigail docherty, bryan pringle. Act iv john gielgud peggy ashcroft gary watson josephine stuart william squire peter pears much ado. Get an answer for what is the role of miscommunication in beatrice and benedicks relationship. The 1600 printing was the only copy published during shakespeares lifetime, and bears the title.
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