Evans, G. Blakemore. “Dogberry and Job.” Notes and Queries 235, No. 2 (June 1990): 183.

Reads Dogberry's plea to be “writ down an ass” as an echo of Job's serious request that his “wordes were now written.”

Friedman, Michael D. “The Editorial Recuperation of Claudio.” Comparative Drama 25, No. 4 (Winter 1991-92): 369-86.

Discusses the staging issues surrounding Claudio's rejection of Hero and subsequent redemption.

Hunter, Robert Grams. “Forgiving Claudio.” In Twentieth Century Interpretations of Much Ado about Nothing, edited by Walter R. Davis, pp. 60-66. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969.

Examines the characterization of Claudio as an erring hero.

Jensen, Ejner J. “‘Knowing aforehand’: Audience Preparation and the Comedies of Shakespeare.” In Acting Funny: Comic Theory and Practice in Shakespeare's Plays, edited by Frances Teague, pp. 72-84. Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1994.

Argues that the continuing success of Shakespeare's comedies lies at least in part with what she calls “preparation.”

McGrady, Donald. “The Topos of ‘Inversion of Values’ in Hero's Depiction of Beatrice.” Shakespeare Quarterly 44, No. 4 (Winter 1993): 472-76.

Analyzes the rhetorical techniques Hero uses to convince Beatrice to look more kindly on Benedick's anticipated courtship of her.

Myers, Jeffrey Rayner. “An Emended Much Ado about Nothing, Act V, Scene iii.” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 84, No. 4 (December 1990): 413-18.

Discusses a problematic passage in the play, in the scene depicting Hero's “funeral.”

Parten, Anne. “Beatrice's Horns: A Note on Much Ado about Nothing, II.i.25-27.” Shakespeare Quarterly 35, No. 2 (Summer 1984): 201-02.

Studies the sexual significance of the attribution of horns to Beatrice.

Roberts, Jeanne Addison. “Strategies of Delay in Shakespeare: What the Much Ado Is Really About.” In Renaissance Papers 1987, edited by Dale B. J. Randall and Joseph A. Porter, pp. 95-102. Durham, N.C.: The Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1987.

Notes Shakespeare's manipulation of timing to intensify the tragic or comic impact of the dramatic action.

Rossiter, A. P. Much Ado about Nothing. In Shakespeare: The Comedies: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Kenneth Muir, pp. 47-57. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1965.

Emphasizes the strong connection between deception and love in Much Ado about Nothing.

Straznicky, Marta. “Shakespeare and the Government of Comedy: Much Ado about Nothing.” Shakespeare Studies XXII, (1994): 141-71.

Examines the political commentary within the play.

Taylor, Mark. “Presence and Absence in Much Ado about Nothing.” Centennial Review XXXIII, No. 1 (Winter 1989): 1-12.

Discusses what the play “chooses not to represent” by examining the play’s gaps and silences, specifically Don Pedro’s wooing of Hero and the chamber-window scene.