Much Ado About Nothing was a play written by William Shakespeare.
Two pages from this play, from The Annotated Shakespeare, were on display in Captain Jean-Luc Picard's ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2366. There was an illustraton on one page. (TNG: "The Survivors", "The Bonding") Later, two other pages from this play were on display in the same room. There was one illustration for each page. (TNG: "The Hunted", "Deja Q", "A Matter of Perspective")
The identification of these illustrations was made by Jörg Hillebrand and Bernd Schneider for Ex Astris Scientia. One of the illustrations was a photograph of Alan Howard, who played Benedick, in a Royal Shakespeare Company production. [1] The relationship between Benedick and Beatrice influenced the portrayal of that between Martok and Sirella in DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, p. 504)
The Star Trek: Lower Decks episode LD: "Much Ado About Boimler" is a reference to this play.
| Selected works of William Shakespeare |
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| All's Well That Ends Well • As You Like It • Hamlet • Henry IV, Part I • Henry IV, Part II • Henry V • Henry VI, Part I • Henry VI, Part II • Henry VI, Part III • Henry VIII • Julius Caesar • King John • King Lear • Love's Labour's Lost • Macbeth • Measure for Measure • The Merchant of Venice • A Midsummer Night's Dream • Much Ado About Nothing • Othello • Richard II • Richard III • Romeo and Juliet • The Tempest • Timon of Athens • Twelfth Night, or What You Will • sonnets |