The transformations modify some thematic concerns of the original text, while retaining much of the storyline. The transformation process requires conscious decisions that shape and reshape meaning, and must be justified in order to execute them. . This is explored in "BBC's Shakespeare Re-told: Much ado about Nothing", an adaptation of Shakespeare's original playwright "Much Ado About Nothing". Transformations inherently contain traces of the author's social and cultural context. Much of the same can be applied to “Much Ado About Nothing.” It incorporates comic elements, while retaining the tragic sense that is attached to almost all of Shakespeare's plays. Brain Percival's role as director was to determine, understand and distinguish the social norms and social structure of society, as well as how the themes depicted in the play can be transformed into a modern text. Elizabethan society was typically a patriarchal society. Percival used and transformed certain themes and textual features to ensure that the film was more appealing and more evaluable for modern critical audiences. A major concern in both the film and the original text is the "status of women". This is represented through the different roles of women and their denigration within Elizabethan society. For example, Hero is accused of infidelity; therefore, his image in society is tarnished. Additionally, Claudio publicly insults Hero without even considering confirming the accusation that she is immodest. This is illustrated by Claudio slandering Hero through the use of Greek mythological allusions "You resemble Dian in her orb, but you are more intemperate than Venus in the middle of your paper......o social norms, the misogynistic ideas and many other aspects of Elizabethan society It has also been modified to meet the needs of modern audiences If the setting is more realistic, then the audience will be able to relate more deeply to the events taking place in the. film is not as realistic as the studio, it was made into a studio because the use of the castle may ultimately weaken the film's appeal to modern audiences By clarifying, comparing and contrasting the. inclusion of certain themes and textual features, and their transformations, the main motives for these alterations are clearly established. These transformations are influenced by the social and cultural context of the author, as well as by his current social order, which is largely reflected in. the BBC adaptation of the Shakespearean play “Much Ado About Nothing ».”.