Book description
Jenny Oldfield creates a hilarious narrative retelling of Shakespeare's
comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. When AC Messina's star striker Claudio
falls for the team manager's daughter, Hero, he sets in motion an
escalating web of deceit. Fuelled by a combination of lies and genuine
misunderstandings, Claudio is fooled into believing that Hero is having
an affair, and rejects her on their wedding day; whilst star defender
Benedick is tricked into falling in love with his worst enemy, Hero's
cousin Beatrice. With a delightful cast of reporters, footballers, WAGs
and revenge-obsessed scoundrels, will the truth ever be unravelled? But
more to the point, will it result in any celebrity weddings? The
Shakespeare Today series captures the magic of Shakespeare's original
play and sets it in an accessible and contemporary style. Jenny
Oldfield is a best-selling author of over 50 children's books, including
the Home Farm Twins and My Magical Pony series. Titles in A&C
Black's Shakespeare Today series include As You Like It.
