#18 in Humour
Much Ado About Nothing
- 160
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- Film 2023 +4
- On screen
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Our view
“Much Ado About Nothing” is a comedy of verbal sparring whose wit hides a sincerity that catches you off guard. Beneath the jokes there are more layers than the genre promises: enemies become lovers while a conspiracy darkens the fun. Some readers never warm to Claudio, however often they return to the play, and some admit that its emotional subtleties slipped past them on a first encounter.
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About the book
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 5 times — from 1973 to 2023.
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- FilmMuch Ado About NothingIMDb
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- FilmLove for loveIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 369 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 72% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Humour average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 12 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 357 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Much Ado About Nothing?
It has 160 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Humour.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Humour — with scores between 7.6 and 8.2, closest to this book.
