Shakespeare had a word for everything, even for the rain that disrupted Wednesday night's `` Much Ado About Nothing '' opening the season of free theatre in Central Park.

Joseph Papp, impassioned founder of the festival and director of `` Much Ado '', had a vibrant, colorful production under way.

`` Much Ado '' ends happily.

* Benedick, from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, says " But that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead or hang my bugle in an invisible baldric all women shall pardon me.

This form of comedy has a long ancestry, dating back at least as far as Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare.

There is a reference to Diana in Much Ado About Nothing where Hero is said to seem like ' Dian in her orb ', in terms of her chastity.

Four Klingon translations of works of world literature have been published: < cite > ghIlghameS </ cite > (< cite > Gilgamesh </ cite >), Hamlet (< cite > Hamlet </ cite >), < cite > paghmo ' tIn mIS </ cite > (< cite > Much Ado About Nothing </ cite >) and pIn ' a ' qan paQDI ' norgh ( Tao Te Ching ).

Oxfordians see Oxford's marriage to Anne Cecil, Lord Burghley's daughter, paralleled in such plays as Hamlet, Othello, Cymbeline, The Merry Wives of Windsor, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Winter's Tale.

Many elements of the screwball genre can be traced back to such stage plays as Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

The editors of the Oxford and Norton Shakespeare believe the name of Imogen is a misspelling of Innogen — they draw several comparisons between Cymbeline and Much Ado About Nothing, in early editions of which a ghost character named Innogen was supposed to be Leonato's wife ( Posthumus being also known as " Leonatus ", the Latin form of the Italian name in the other play ).

* Much Ado About Nothing, 1600

* Essex is said by editor David L. Stevenson to be alluded to in Much Ado About Nothing at 3. 1. 10-11.

In his last opera, the comic opera Béatrice et Bénédict, Berlioz prepared a libretto based loosely on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

Sir William Davenant inserted Benedick and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing into his adaptation, called The Law Against Lovers.

The original template for this kind of comedy is Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

* The story has also been briefly alluded to in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, both when Benedick states that Leander was " never so truly turned over and over as my poor self in love " and in the name of the character Hero, who, despite accusations to the contrary, remains chaste before her marriage.

He is also the main character of Shakespare's Much Ado About Nothing.

For example, Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing used this ploy to present a surface level description of the play as well as a pun on the Elizabethan use of " nothing " as slang for vagina.

Later that year, Smith joined Christchurch's Court Theatre and performed on stage for the next three years in a variety of roles including Don Pedro in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire.

In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick spots the sharp-tongued Beatrice approaching and exclaims to the Prince, Don Pedro, that he would do an assortment of arduous tasks for him " rather than hold three words conference with this harpy!

Shakespeare also mentions her in the play Much Ado About Nothing, when Benedick says, referring to Beatrice,

* Referenced by Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing when Don Pedro courts Hero for Claudio ( 2. 1. 95 ), and also in As You Like It by Jaques ( 3. 3. 7-8 ).

He is also mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid and in five plays by William Shakespeare: Hamlet, The Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, Titus Andronicus, and As You Like It, where he joins the couples at the end —

He was a major theatre star, noted for his performances on the British stage in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple ( 1938 ) and Heartbreak House ( 1942 ), Much Ado About Nothing ( 1946 ) and especially as Thomas Becket in T. S.

Much later, after Ulam's death, another friend, Gian-Carlo Rota, asserted that the attack did change Ulam's personality ; afterwards, he turned from rigorous pure mathematics to more speculative conjectures concerning the application of mathematics to physics and biology.

Much of the public attention turned on the conflict between the Papal States and Italian nationalism, aiming at these states ' annihilation so as to achieve the Unification of Italy.

Much of the additional land was turned into the Smyrna / Rutherford County Airport Authority in 1990.

Much like the early American pioneers, the Ilocanos tamed the land and turned what was once hostile wilderness into habitable and productive land.

Much of Moorfields was developed in 1777 and turned into present day Finsbury Circus.

Much of the coal produced in the area was turned into coke for the local iron and steel industry.

Much of the work appears to be derived from Gildas's 6th century polemic The Ruin of Britain, Bede's 8th century Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the 9th century History of the Britons ascribed to Nennius, the 10th century Welsh Annals, medieval Welsh genealogies ( such as the Harleian Genealogies ) and king-lists, the poems of Taliesin, the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, and some of the medieval Welsh Saint's Lives, expanded and turned into a continuous narrative by Geoffrey's own imagination.

In " So Much Things to Say ", by Bob Marley & The Wailers, subsequently covered by Lauryn Hill, Marley mentions Bogle in the same breath as Jesus Christ and Marcus Garvey and states, " I'll never forget no way they turned their backs on Paul Bogle, so don't you forget no youth who you are and where you stand in the struggle.

Much later the plug was turned into a functioning boat and still sails.

Much to their disappointment, they were turned away by an official, Trevor Billingham, who told them that they were too young to compete.

“ Much of the behaviour in this period was the product of technology and beliefs that magnified the security dilemma .” In this example, strategists believed that offense would be more advantageous than defense, even though this ultimately turned out to not be the case.

Much of the route is traceable, as it has been turned into roadways and linear parks.

Much of this success is attributed to coach Steve Turnbaugh who turned around a formerly downtrodden Hereford football program.

Much more than the relations between the races was being turned on its ear.

Much of the material from this tour later turned up on Burr ’ s HBO stand-up special.

Much as 19th century science is often treated as the inventor of conceptions of evolution and race which had serious negative political and social consequences, many 19th century historians pursued what they intended as reasonably objective research projects in the history of their own and other regions either to end by themselves using the results to support nationalistic goals or to see their work used that way by others.

Much effort is devoted by serious players to restoring wood combs and sealing leaks.

Much research has focused on the relatively few actual cases where innocence was subsequently proven, such as successful appeals for murder and rape based upon DNA evidence, which tend to be atypical of trials as a whole ( being by their nature only the most serious kinds of crime ).

Much of this reliability came from maturity in the source code, extensive stress testing of the system, and automatic detection of many serious errors in drivers.

Much of the medical literature in this area is composed of case studies of single or twin pregnancies, and although some have reported serious complications, the majority have found ECT to be safe.

Much of St. Elizabeths ' campus has now fallen into disuse and is in serious disrepair.

Much like in Airplane !, Nielsen portrayed a serious character whose one-liners appeared accidental next to the pratfalls and sight gags around him.

Much more serious in its consequences was Lilburne's adoption of the quarrel of his uncle, George Lilburne, with Sir Arthur Hesilrige.

Much more serious difficulties met his attempts to introduce equality in the pressure of the taxes on the various classes.

Much of the literature in what would be called the " new era " ( 新时期 ) discussed the serious abuses of power that had taken place at both the national and the local levels during the Cultural Revolution.

Much praise has been given to its " exceptionally rich cast " of performers " such as was seldom seen on any serious dramatic show.

Much of the town was in ruins and was less populated than the rival ports of Tripoli and Beirut, and the port was in a serious state of decline by 1450.

* Much easier integration with state services under globalization, e. g. meat inspection is a service that is assumed within a product price, but which can vary quite drastically with jurisdiction, with some serious effects.

When Bhutto heard Butt's reply, Bhutto was very much amused and said: " Well .... Much as I appreciate your enthusiasm, this is a very serious political decision, which Pakistan must make, and perhaps all Third World countries must make one day, because it is coming.

Much like the pressure of the first tee shot in front of strangers to start a round of golf, the first stab at a serious relationship is similarly pressure-packed ; however, as with a golfing mulligan, a relationship mulligan allows the person to be much more relaxed and focused on the second attempt, having understood what went wrong on the first attempt.

Much of the series deals with serious moral issues relating to war, the consequences of war, torture, rape, slavery, democide, human brutality and the exploitation of children.

Much of its humor comes from satirizing " serious " wargames and their players, while flouting or deliberately misinterpreting conventions of the genre.

Much more serious were the Fenian raids made by Irish Americans across the border in 1866, which spurred a wave of patriotic feeling that helped the cause of Confederation.

Much of the literature discussed the serious abuses of power that had taken place at both the national and the local levels during the Cultural Revolution.

Much more serious was the problem of elements which form more than one oxide or series of salts, which have ( in today's terminology ) different oxidation states.

In June 2010, after publishing a letter from Richards about the Remodernist Film Manifesto on his site, film critic Roger Ebert tweeted, " Much discussed on serious film blogs: The Remodernist Film Manifesto.