A Few Thoughts on "Much Ado About Nothing"
The main lovers in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing are supposed to be Hero, the sweet young daughter of an Italian aristocrat; and Claudio, the gallant nobleman who falls for her. But almost from the start, audiences" and actors"have preferred the characters of Hero's cousin Beatrice and Claudio's pal Benedick, the bickering twosome who ostentatiously disavow love (particularly for one another) exchange flamboya…