Question

A theater director wants to stage a modern interpretation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, a play in which a man and a woman argue constantly before realizing that they are in love. What would be an appropriate way to do this? A. Set the play in an office setting, making the characters coworkers. B. Set the play in 19th-century Japan. C. Revise the text so the characters are first in love and then start arguing. D. Require the actors to speak with Elizabethan accents.

Answer 1

A. Set the play in an office setting, making the characters coworkers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The theatre director in this example wants to stage a modern interpretation of this play. This means that he wants the play to resemble our own modern times. Therefore, the best way to do so would be by using a setting that is familiar to most modern people, such as an office. 19th century Japan and Elizabethan accents do not reflect our modern times, while option C changes the text too much in order to be considered an adaptation.