William Shakespeare 
Much Ado About Nothing 
Staged: the origins of YA s greatest tropes

With a foreword by Holly Bourne, author of Am I Normal Yet? I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest Love, deception and discord are flourishing in the court of Messina.Sweet, innocent Hero and the famed soldier Claudio are immediately infatuated, while the bickering Beatrice and Benedick can agree on just one thing: the other is insufferable. Little do they know, two plans are afoot one to make Beatrice and Benedick fall in love, another to break up Hero and Claudio.Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare s witty comedy of words where sharp-tongued enemies become lovers and sweet romance turns sour.Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It With a foreword by Talia Hibbert Hamlet With a foreword by Faridah b k — y m d Macbeth With a foreword by Kat Delacorte A Midsummer Night s Dream With a foreword by Becky Albertalli Romeo and Juliet With a foreword by Jennifer Niven