Shakespeare’s women, Harold Bloom has observed, are always marrying down. Is Orlando truly worthy of Rosalind, with her panoptic wit? How does Viola wind up with that ninny Orsino? Per…
Known as one of Shakespeare's wittiest comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a classic: boy knows girl of old, girl thinks boy is dim-witted and tedious, boy thinks girl is a malicious and …
St Nicholas Rest Garden, Brighton: Sicilian oranges tumble across the stage and Benedick and Beatrice spar with youthful zest in this Globe Theatre on Tour production, which is likely to ear…
The Public Theater will begin previews on Tuesday, June 3 for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the first show of The Public's 2014 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Directed by…
Jack O'Brien directs the Public Theater's annual free offering at the Delacorte Theater.
The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park kicks off with a new production of Much Ado About Nothing, currently in rehearsal.
The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park production is directed by Jack O'Brien.
The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production is directed by Jack O'Brien.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and John Glover In Shakespeare in the Parks Much Ado About Nothing: Central Park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last centur…
The Public Theater announced additional casting today for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the first show of The Public's 2014 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Directed by Jac…
David Yazbek will provide original music for Jack O'Brien's free Shakespeare in the Park production.
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) and Steel Burkhardt (Hair) are among the performers joining the previously announced Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater for the Public Theater&r…
Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and John Glover will be part of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing.
From Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith to Simon Russell Beale and Zoë Wanamaker, countless duos have sparred as Benedick and Beatrice. What's your favourite version?Charles I famously wrot…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterSpirits are high in this make-do-and-mend era revamp of Shakespeare's comedy, with a tartly played antipathy between Beatrice and BenedickThe Swedish director Maria…
Dave Cunningham enjoys this update of Shakespeare's romantic comedy at the Royal Exchange
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: The most recognisably modern of Shakespeare's comedies, Much Ado About Nothing's warring would-be couples who turn out to love each other really…
Swedish director Maria Aberg, making her Royal Exchange debut, sets the play in 1945 post-war Britain and strives to play in the effects of war on the home front, where women are in charge a…
Performed with feeling, vivacity, and great discipline and showcasing songs by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, it is a multi-dimensional hit. Director Jackson Gay should be afforded…
Former Shameless star Gerard Kearns returns to the Exchange, following previous success at the Manchester venue in The Accrington Pals.
Shakespeare's beloved comedy gets a political makeover.