Category: Process
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Much Ado about a Prefix
Those familiar with Much Ado About Nothing and its many film versions can picture the way their love story finishes: Hero and Claudio have been reunited, and Beatrice and Benedick resort to their old habits, denying their love for each other and bickering. In the end, however, Benedick exclaims, “Peace! I will stop your mouth”…
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“Look’d upon her with a [dramaturg’s] eye”: Artistic Agency, Characterization, and Plot
What might the early modern actor’s part look like for William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing? What might cutting together these scripts, sometimes referred to as “role” or “cue,” illuminate about characters, plot, and the text as a whole? As dramaturgs, what should be considered when cutting for live performance? Two of our team members,…