MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
DON PEDRO prince of Arragon.
DON JOHN his bastard brother.
CLAUDIO a young lord of Florence.
BENEDICK a young lord of Padua.
LEONATO governor of Messina.
ANTONIO his brother.
BALTHASAR attendant on Don Pedro.
CONRADE |
| followers of Don John.
BORACHIO |
FRIAR FRANCIS:
DOGBERRY a constable.
VERGES a headborough.
A Sexton.
A Boy.
HERO daughter to Leonato.
BEATRICE niece to Leonato.
MARGARET |
| gentlewomen attending on Hero.
URSULA |
Messengers, Watch, Attendants, &c. (Lord:)
(Messenger:)
(Watchman:)
(First Watchman:)
(Second Watchman:)
SCENE Messina.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
ACT I
SCENE I Before LEONATO'S house.
[Enter LEONATO, HERO, and BEATRICE, with a
Messenger]
LEONATO I learn in this letter that Don Peter of Arragon
comes this night to Messina.
Messenger He is very near by this: he was not three leagues off
when I left him.
LEONATO How many gentlemen have you lost in this action?
Messenger But few of any sort, and none of name.
LEONATO A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings
home full numbers. I find here that Don Peter hath
bestowed much honour on a young Florentine called Claudio.
Messenger Much deserved on his part and equally remembered by
Don Pedro: he hath borne himself beyond the
promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb,
the feats of a lion: he hath indeed better
bettered expectation than you must expect of me to
tell you how.
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