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Videos exploring Much Ado about Nothing

Part 1: 3 min overview of the context and a summary of the plot.

Part 2: 3 min video of the characters, themes and symbols.

Dr Paul Budra presents an in depth exploration of Much Ado About Nothing (47mins)

Play Shakespeare
Resources include an overview, synopsis, characters, scenes and the full written play plus links to further resources.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much ado About Nothing with each act and explanatory notes for all scenes plus related resources.
Spark notes Much Ado About Nothing
Translation of Acts and Scenes plus explanations of characters, themes and quotes.

Lego Stop Motion Much Ado about Nothing (14 mins)

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Playlist of 8 videos looking at the themes of love, honour, deception and gender as well as key quote analysis. (15 mins each)

Shakespeare's Life
Folger Shakespeare Library - includes links to primary sources and podcasts
Life in Elizabethan England
A compendium of common knowledge
William Shakespeare biography
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Shakespeare - Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical devices - a table of some of the more common devices employed for emphasis in Shakespeare:
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Facts
No Sweat Shakespeare
Shakespeare exposed by plagiarism detector
Is the world's greatest writer a cheat? Software normally used to outwit exam fraud has disclosed an obscure manuscript that was the source of many of the Bard's most famous lines.
The Globe Theatre - virtual tour
Explore the physical theatre, The Globe