Uneven 'Much Ado About Nothing' Still Delights
The merry, equally matched skirmishes of wit fought by Beatrice and Benedick on the rocky road to romance have made “Much Ado About Nothing” one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. There’s also, of course, the near-tragic plot involving Beatrice’s virtuous cousin Hero, brutally and wrongfully accused of being a wanton by her fiancé Claudio just before their wedding, balanced b…