"Much Ado About Nothing" Timeline

  • Afternoon of the First Day (1.1 - 1.3)

    Don Pedro, Benedick, and Claudio return from war to Leonato's house
    ->
    Borachia, Lady Joan, and Conrad plot against Hero
  • Night of the First Day (2.1 - 3.3)

    Plot to get Benedick and Beatrice in love occurs
    • > [At the party, and on patrol on the street]
    Watchmen arrest Conrad and Borachia
  • Morning of Second Day (3.4)

    Ladies get ready on the day of Hero's wedding. Set off for the church.
  • Night of the Second Day (4.2 - 5.2)

    Dogberry, Verges, and the Watchmen interrogate Borachia and Conrad
    - >
    Ursula brings news to Benedick and Beatrice of the plot against Hero
  • Afternoon of the Second Day (3.5 - 4.1)

    Dogberry and Verges talk to Leonato about the arrests
    - >
    Beatrice and Benedick confess their love, and Benedick agrees to kill Claudio
  • Afternoon of the Third Day (5.4)

    Friar and all prepare for the Second Wedding
    - >
    Everyone gets married except for Pedro
  • Morning of the Third Day (5.3)

    Claudio reads Hero's epitaph