RUNNING TIME:
Act 1 62 min
Act 2 75 min
Shakespeare's brightest and wittiest of comedies.
Claudio loves Hero and Hero Claudio and nothing seems capable of tearing them apart. Claudio’s friend Benedick loves Beatrice and Beatrice Benedick, but (because neither will admit it) nothing seems capable of bringing them together. Only the intrigues of a resentful prince force Benedick to prove his love for Beatrice – by killing his best friend.
Driven along by a romance all the more charming for being unacknowledged, Much Ado About Nothing is a miracle of comic and dramatic suspense and gives us, in the bantering Beatrice and Benedick, two of Shakespeare’s wittiest, most lovable pair of lovers.
CREATIVES
Director Jeremy Herrin
Designer Mike Britton
Composer Stephen Warbeck
CAST
Eve Best * Beatrice
Joe Caffrey Borachio/Friar
Philip Cumbus Claudio
Charles Edwards Benedick
Naomi Frederick ** Beatrice
Marcus Griffiths Conrad
Adrian Hood Verges
Paul Hunter Dogberry
Joseph Marcell Leonato
Lisa McGrillis Margaret
David Nellist George Seacoal / Messenger
Matthew Pidgeon Don John / Sexton
John Stahl Antonio / Hugh Oatcake
Ewan Stewart Don Pedro
Ony Uhiara Hero
Rhiannon Meades Ursula
Musical Director David Powell
Musicians Corrina Silvester, Dario Rossetti Bonell, Magnus Mehta, Dai Pritchard
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