Ever since one of my lecturers explained that in Shakespeare's time 'nothing' was a euphemism for the vagina (because there is 'nothing' there) and that this play was then essentially called All About Vaginas I have been more than intrigued to read it. I've had a turbulent time with Shakespeare's 'comedies' before. The Taming of the Shrew bored me. The Comedy of Errors was just confusing. Even my favourite comedy up till now, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, casually ends with a misjudged rape scene. Will I ever enjoy one of Shakespeare's comedies? Yes. Because Much Ado About Nothing exists. Benedick and Beatrice detest each other. They both think marriage is a waste of time and whenever they meet they dual with insults. However, their friends think it would be hilarious if they both fell in love and thus they attempt to make it happen. 
 Much Ado About Nothing is hilarious. It is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny. Benedick and Beatrice's love/hate relationship is the engine which drives this play. Even the secondary characters are highly entertaining. Dogberry, a policeman, steals all of his scenes with his idiosyncratic grasp of the English language. The Watch are his useless team of officers who couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. This is one of the few plays thus far that all of the characters work off each other like clockwork. It's a brilliant cast. Thus far in this challenge, Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare's best comedy.