Much Ado about Nothing
DON JOHN -- his bastard brother
CLAUDIO -- a young lord of Florence, favourite to DON PEDRO
BENEDICK -- a young lord of Padua, favourite likewise of DON PEDRO
LEONATO -- governor of Messina
ANTONIO -- his brother
BALTHAZAR -- servant to DON PEDRO
BORACHIO, CONRADE -- followers of DON JOHN
DOGBERRY, VERGES -- two foolish officers
A sexton, a friar, a boy
HERO -- daughter to LEONATO
BEATRICE -- niece to LEONATO
MARGARET, URSULA -- gentlewomen attending on HERO
Messengers, watch, and attendants
PLAY
Messina.
ACT I
Scene i: Before Leonato's house.
Scene ii: A room in Leonato's house.
Scene iii: Another room in Leonato's house.
ACT II
Scene i: A hall in Leonato's house.
Scene ii: Another room in Leonato's house.
Scene iii: Leonato's garden.
ACT III
Scene i: Leonato's garden.
Scene ii: A room in Leonato's house.
Scene iii: A street.
Scene iv: A room in Leonato's house.
Scene v: Another room in Leonato's house.
ACT IV
Scene i: The inside of a church.
Scene ii: A prison.
ACT V
Scene i: Before Leonato's house.
Scene ii: Leonato's garden.
Scene iii: The inside of a church.
Scene iv: A room in Leonato's house.
Act II: Scene i
CLAUDIO: Thus answer I in name of Bendick,
But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio.
'Tis certain so; -- the prince woos for himself.
Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues:
Let every eye negotiate for itself,
And trust no agent: for beauty is a witch,
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
This is an accident of hourly proof,
Which I mistrusted not: farewell, therefore, Hero!
