Much Ado About Nothing: Researching a Production History

This slideshow presents an example of how to collect images from the site to focus on a single play's performance history: in this case Much Ado About Nothing.

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The Bastard Don John, Driver of the Plot of Much Ado About Nothing, 1575
"Don Juan de Austria" as mocked by Velázquez, when re-enacted by a Court Clown, 1635-1645
Don John's Statue in Messina
The Bastard Don John of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing, Title-page of the Quarto Edition, 1600
Much Ado About Nothing, III.iii., Dogberry? - "The Constable of the Watch with his Dog," 1600
Much Ado About Nothing, IV.i. Claudio rejects Hero at their Wedding. From Nicholas Rowe's edition of Shakespeare, 1709
Much Ado About Nothing, Mrs. Hannah Pritchard excelled as Beatrice, 1748
Much Ado About Nothing, David Garrick in his last performance as Benedick, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1776
Much Ado About Nothing, Mrs. Abington as Beatrice, London, Drury Lane Theatre, 1775
Much Ado about Nothing, Anna Cora Ritchie as Beatrice, 1819-1870
Much Ado About Nothing, Edward Loomis Davenport as Benedick, London, Princess Theatre, 1848
Much Ado About Nothing, John Gilbert as Dogberry, 1855
Much Ado About Nothing, Charles Kean as Benedick and Ellen Kean as Beatrice, Princess's Theatre, 1858
Much Ado About Nothing (II.i, the masked ball scene), Charles Kean as Benedick, Mrs. Kean as Beatrice, Princess' theatre, 1859
Much Ado About Nothing, John Lester Wallack as Benedick, 1820-1888
Much Ado About Nothing, Miss Julia Dean as Beatrice, 1868
Much Ado About Nothing, John Lester Wallack as Benedick, 1820-1888
Much Ado About Nothing, Ellen Terry and Henry Irving as Benedick and Beatrice, 1870-90
Much Ado About Nothing, Johnston Forbes-Robertson's painting, Lyceum Theatre, London, 1882
Much Ado About Nothing, John Forbes Robertson as Claudio, 1853-1937
Much Ado About Nothing, Viola Tree as Hero, 1884-1938
Much Ado About Nothing, Benson's Shakespeare Festival, 20th Century
Much Ado About Nothing, Beerbohm Tree as Benedick
Much Ado About Nothing, Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) as Beatrice, E. H. Sothern (1859-1933) as Benedick, 1904
Much Ado About Nothing, Peggy Ashcroft as Beatrice, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, 1950
Much Ado About Nothing, John Gielgud as Benedick and Peggy Ashcroft as Beatrice
Much Ado About Nothing, Albert Finney as Don Pedro, National Theatre Company with Director Franco Zeffirelli, 1965
Much Ado About Nothing, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Program, Ashland, 1965
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company,1971
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company,1976
Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada, 1980
Much Ado About Nothing, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1981
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1990
Much Ado About Nothing, Triumph Theatre Productions, 1989
Much Ado About Nothing, Triumph Theatre Productions, 1989
Much Ado About Nothing, Cheek By Jowl, 1998
Much Ado About Nothing, Cheek By Jowl, 1998
Much Ado About Nothing, Program of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, 1990
Much Ado About Nothing, Program for Shakespeare Theatre Co., 2002
Much Ado About Nothing, Bard on the Beach: The Masked Ball, 2004
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare & Company, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, 2007
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Festival, St. Louis, 2007
Much Ado About Nothing, Bard on the Beach, 2010
Much Ado About Nothing: Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
A Balcony Scene in Much Ado.
Much Ado About Nothing, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1996 (Program Flyer)

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