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Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare
Rewritten for Eleven Parts And Modernized by Lance J.  Greenlee


SETTING:
Messina, a city in Sicily, an island of Italy

CAST:

Count Claudio gullible and romantic young man, but a fierce fighter

Prince John treacherous and revengeful

Dogberry and Verges Comedians who are put on guard duty; idiotic, yet they catch the bad guys when the heroes fail.  Always together.

Duke or Duchess Leonato outwardly very proper, but secretly loves pranks
Conrade  a drunk who is in league with the evil Prince John

Margaret lady-in-waiting to Hero, assists in two deceptions

Priest proposes a plan,  marries the couples