Learn how to cite “Much ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare
Published August 20, 2022. Updated October 18, 2022.
Learn how to create in-text citations and a full citation/reference/note for Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare using the examples below. Much ado about nothing is cited in 14 different citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, APA, ACS, and many others.
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Popular Citation Styles
Here are Much ado about nothing citations for five popular citation styles: MLA, APA, Chicago (notes-bibliography), Chicago (author-date), and Harvard style.
| Citation Style | In-text Citation | Full Citation/Reference |
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MLA, 9th ed. |
(Shakespeare) |
Shakespeare, William. Much Ado about Nothing. Edited by Cedric Thomas Watts, Wordsworth Classic, 1995. |
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APA, 7th ed. |
(Shakespeare, 1995) |
Shakespeare, W. (1995). Much ado about nothing (C. T. Watts, Ed.). Wordsworth Classic. |
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Chicago (notes-bibliography), 17th ed. |
Example sentence.1 ———— 1. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, ed. Cedric Thomas Watts (Ware: Wordsworth Classics, 1995). |
Shakespeare, William. Much Ado about Nothing. Edited by Cedric Thomas Watts. Ware: Wordsworth Classic, 1995. |
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Chicago (author-date), 17th ed. |
(Shakespeare 1995) |
Shakespeare, William. 1995. Much Ado about Nothing. Edited by Cedric Thomas Watts. Ware: Wordsworth Classics. |
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Harvard |
(Shakespeare & Watts, 2003) |
Shakespeare, W. & Watts, C.T., 2003. Much ado about nothing, Wordsworth Classic. |
Additional Styles
Here are Much ado about nothing citations for 14 popular citation styles including Turabian style, the American Medical Association (AMA) style, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, IEEE, and more.
| Citation Style | In-text Citation | Full Citation/Reference/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ACS |
(Shakespeare & Watts, 2003) Example sentence (1). Example sentence.1 *ACS has 3 formatting options. |
1. Shakespeare, W.; Watts, C. T. Much Ado about Nothing; Wordsworth Classic, 2003. |
| AMA | Example sentence.1 | 1. Shakespeare W, Watts CT. Much Ado about Nothing. Wordsworth Classic; 2003. |
| APSA | (Shakespeare & Watts 2003) | Shakespeare, William, and Cedric Thomas Watts. 2003. Much Ado about Nothing. Wordsworth Classic. |
| ASA | (Shakespeare & Watts 2003) | Shakespeare, William and Cedric Thomas Watts. 2003. Much Ado about Nothing. Wordsworth Classic. |
| Bluebook | Example sentence.1 | 1 Shakespeare, William, and Cedric Thomas Watts, Much Ado about Nothing (2003) |
| CSE, citation-sequence | (Shakespeare & Watts 2003) | Shakespeare, William, and Cedric Thomas Watts. 2003. Much ado about nothing. Wordsworth Classic. |
| IEEE | Example sentence [1]. | [1] Shakespeare, W.; Watts, C. T., Much Ado about Nothing; Wordsworth Classic, 2003. |
| Turabian |
Example sentence.1 ———— 1. William Shakespeare and Cedric Thomas Watts, Much Ado about Nothing (Ware: Wordsworth Classics, 2003). |
Shakespeare W, Watts CT. Much Ado about Nothing. Wordsworth Classic; 2003. |
| Vancouver |
Example sentence (1). Example sentence.1 *Vancouver has 2 formatting options. |
(1) Shakespeare, William, and Cedric Thomas Watts. Much ado about nothing. Wordsworth Classic, 2003. |
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