Much Ado About Nothing Paul Puget's "Beaucoup de bruit pour rien" (pub.1898) and "Much Ado About Nothing" by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1901) are based upon this play. Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed music for a production in 1917 at the Vienna Burgtheater by Max Reinhardt. In 2006 the American Music Theatre Project produced "The Boys Are Coming Home," a musical adaptation by Berni Stapleton and Leslie Arden that sets "Much Ado About Nothing" in America during the Second World War. The title track of the 2009 Mumford & Sons album "Sigh No More" uses quotes from this play in the song. The title of
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) of the humor, the performances, and Branagh's lively direction, of which he wrote, "This film cements Branagh's status as a great director of Shakespeare, and perhaps of film in general, as well." Conversely, Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" wrote the film a negative review, praising some moments as "invigorating fun", but ultimately calling it "overripe." Most of the negative criticisms focused on particular casting choices, notably Keanu Reeves as Don John, and Michael Keaton as Dogberry. For his performance in the film, Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, where he lost to Woody Harrelson