According to the earliest printed text, Much Ado About Nothing was "sundry times publicly acted" before 1600. The play likely debuted in the autumn or winter of 1598–99.[1] The earliest recorded performances are two at Court in the winter of 1612–13, during festivities preceding the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate (14 February 1613).[12] In 1600, the stationers Andrew Wise and William Aspley published the play in quarto.[13] This was the only edition prior to the First Folio in 1623.[14]
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