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Much Ado About Nothing

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Oct 30, 201241:58Education

Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John, drawing on gender and performance criticism to think about male bonding, the genre of comedy, and the impulses of modern pe...

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Much Ado About Nothing is an episode from Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University. Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John, drawing on gender and performance criticism to think ab...

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Published Oct 30, 2012, 41:58 long, audio available.

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