query: who plays claudio in much ado about nothing 1993

pos: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 British/American romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the film. The film also stars Branagh's then-wife Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut. The film was released on May 7, 1993, reaching 200 U.S. screens at its widest release. It earned $22 million at the U.S. box office and $36 million total worldwide, which, despite failing

pos: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) for "Indecent Proposal". "Much Ado About Nothing" was ranked #11 on Rotten Tomatoes list of Greatest Shakespeare Movies. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 British/American romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the film. The film also stars Branagh's then-wife Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut. The film was released

pos: Much Ado About Nothing Emma Thompson as Beatrice, Denzel Washington as Don Pedro, Keanu Reeves as Don John, Richard Briers as Leonato, Michael Keaton as Dogberry, Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio, Imelda Staunton as Margaret, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut as Hero. The 2001 Hindi film "Dil Chahta Hai" is a loose adaptation of the play. In 2011, Joss Whedon completed filming of an adaptation, released in June 2013. The cast includes Amy Acker as Beatrice, Alexis Denisof as Benedick, Nathan Fillion as Dogberry, Clark Gregg as Leonato, Reed Diamond as Don Pedro, Fran Kranz as Claudio, Jillian Morgese as Hero, Sean

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) be none other than Hero herself. She and Claudio profess their true, undying love for each other, as do Beatrice and Benedick, who agree to marry. Benedick renounces his challenge against Claudio and embraces him. Moments later, Don John is marched in, having been captured before he could escape. Those gathered begin to dance, with the two happy couples at the middle. Don Pedro remains behind, still single, but happy for his friends. "Much Ado About Nothing" was filmed entirely at Villa Vignamaggio, Greve in Chianti, Florence. Tuscany, Italy. The music to "Much Ado About Nothing" was composed by frequent

neg: Much Ado About Nothing where Claudio and Hero are a homosexual couple, Claudia and Hana. Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the "First Folio", published in 1623. By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title, and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) to reach the mark set by Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet", made it one of the most financially successful Shakespeare films ever released. It was also entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Having just crushed an uprising by his half-brother, Don John, Don Pedro of Aragon and his noblemen visit their friend Leonato in Messina. Accompanying Don Pedro is the witty Benedick, former lover of Leonato's equally sharp-tongued niece, Beatrice. Also present are Benedick's friend Claudio, a young count; and Don John who, despite his rebellion, has apparently reconciled with his brother. Claudio has been thinking of Leonato's beautiful

neg: Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the "First Folio", published in 1623. By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title, and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) John's sinister machinations is revealed. Moments after Benedick's challenge to Claudio, Leonato is made aware of what really happened. Leonato continues to pretend to Claudio that Hero is dead. Claudio entreats Leonato to impose whatever vengeance he sees fit for Claudio's part in Hero's disgrace and death. Leonato forgives Claudio on the condition that he publicly declare his wrongdoing and then marry Hero's cousin - Antonio's daughter - the next morning. Claudio agrees, and carries out the former by reciting an epitaph at Hero's tomb that night. When the bride is brought forth the next day, she is revealed to

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) while knowing Benedick to be hiding within earshot. Hero and her gentlewoman Ursula play the same trick upon Beatrice. Each of them believes the story they hear about the other. In the midst of all of this good-natured scheming, Don John has been searching for ways to stop the marriage between Claudio and Hero. The night before the wedding, Don John's servant Borachio arranges a steamy liaison with Hero's gentlewoman Margaret at Hero's chamber window. Don John shows Don Pedro and Claudio this, and they believe that they are seeing Hero in the act of infidelity. Against the revelry of

neg: Much Ado About Nothing as an end in themselves. People are constantly pretending to be others or being mistaken for other people. An example of this is Margaret who is mistaken for Hero, which leads to Hero's public disgrace at her wedding with Claudio. However, during a masked ball in which everyone must wear a mask, Beatrice rants about Benedick to a masked man who turns out to be Benedick himself but she acts unaware of this at the time. During the same celebration, Don Pedro, masked, pretends to be Claudio and courts Hero for him. After Hero is announced "dead," Leonato orders Claudio

neg: Much Ado About Nothing in 1591. The character of Benedick too has a counterpart in a commentary upon marriage in "Orlando Furioso", but the witty wooing of Beatrice and Benedick is original and very unusual in style and syncopation. One version of the Claudio/Hero plot is told by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queen" (Book II, Canto iv). The earliest printed text states that "Much Ado About Nothing" was "sundry times publicly acted" prior to 1600 and it is likely that the play made its debut in the autumn or winter of 1598–1599. The earliest recorded performances are two that were given at Court

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) Kenneth Branagh collaborator Patrick Doyle, who makes a brief cameo in the film as Balthazar singing "Sigh No More Ladies" and "Pardon, Goddess of the Night". The soundtrack was released May 4, 1993 through Epic Soundtrax and features twenty-four tracks of score at a running time just under an hour. "Much Ado About Nothing" received general acclaim from critics. The film currently holds a 89% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a website that aggregates professional critiques, with the consensus "Kenneth Branagh's love for the material is contagious in this exuberant adaptation." Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave it

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) daughter Hero since before he went to war, and returns to find her as attractive as ever. Don Pedro, learning of his friend's feelings, decides to act on his behalf and arranges the match at a party. An unrepentant Don John attempts to foil it, but unsuccessfully – the match is made. Needing something to pass the time until the wedding, Don Pedro decides to arrange a similar fate for Beatrice and Benedick, whose animosity for each other is clear. Don Pedro, Leonato, and Claudio stage a conversation containing a false account of how much Beatrice loves Benedick, all the

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) the evening, the noble but incompetent constable Dogberry appoints a watch to keep the peace. The three hapless watchmen happen to hear Borachio bragging to his colleague Conrade about how he and Don John had succeeded in stopping the wedding. The watchmen apprehend Borachio and Conrade, and, in the morning, Dogberry attempts to have Leonato interrogate the prisoners. However, a hurried Leonato is unable to decipher what the bumbling Dogberry is trying to tell him. Amidst the confusion, Don John quietly flees. At the wedding, Claudio publicly disgraces his would-be bride and storms away, along with most of the guests,

neg: Much Ado About Nothing their faults and reconcile. Meanwhile, Don Pedro's brother Don John, the "bastard prince", plots to stop the wedding, embarrass his brother and wreak misery on Leonato and Claudio. He informs Don Pedro and Claudio that Hero is unfaithful, and arranges for them to see John's associate Borachio enter her bedchamber where he has an amorous liaison (actually with Margaret, Hero's chambermaid). Claudio and Don Pedro are taken in, and Claudio vows to humiliate Hero publicly. At the wedding the next day, Claudio denounces Hero before the stunned guests and storms off with Don Pedro. Hero faints. Her humiliated father Leonato

neg: Hugh Fraser (actor) recent years, he has been an associate tutor, director and member of the audition panel at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, specialising in Shakespeare. Fraser has also directed several plays, most notably a production of David Mamet's adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya", which was staged at Wilton's Music Hall in London in January 2007, with Rachael Stirling as Yelena. His film credits include "Curse of the Pink Panther", "101 Dalmatians" and "Patriot Games" along with his "Sharpe" co-star Sean Bean. He has also worked in theatre, playing Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" with the Royal Shakespeare Company in

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) except for Ursula, the Friar, Leonato, Beatrice, Antonio, and Benedick. They all agree to the Friar's plan to publish the tale that Hero, upon the grief of Claudio's accusations, suddenly died. Beatrice and Benedick linger a moment and eventually confess their love to one another. In the wake of this declaration, Beatrice asks Benedick to do the one thing that will satisfy her outrage with what has just happened – kill Claudio. With a heavy heart, he agrees to challenge his friend. Meanwhile, Borachio and Conrade are interrogated by Dogberry and his men. Despite Dogberry's incompetence, the truth of Don

neg: Bernard J. Taylor at the Madison Theatre, Peoria, Illinois, in September 1995, and the show had its first European performances a month later in Eastbourne. The work has been translated into German, Spanish and Hungarian. Having achieved considerable success with his adaptations on Brontë and Austen, Taylor looked to William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, abbreviated to Much Ado (additional lyrics: Vickers). The CD cast included Paul McGann (Benedick), Claire Moore (Beatrice), Simon Burke (Claudio), Janet Mooney (Hero), Barry James (Leonato), David Pendelbury (Dogberry) and Peter Karrie (Don John). Songs included "If I Could Write A Sonnet", "I'll Never Love Again", "The Sweetest

neg: Much Ado About Nothing the end of the war, giving a disguised Don Pedro the opportunity to woo Hero on Claudio's behalf. Don John uses this situation to get revenge on his brother Don Pedro by telling young Claudio that Don Pedro is wooing Hero for himself. A furious Claudio confronts Don Pedro, but the misunderstanding is quickly resolved and Claudio wins Hero's hand in marriage. Meanwhile, Benedick disguises himself and dances with Beatrice. Beatrice proceeds to tell this "mystery man" that Benedick is "the prince's jester, a very dull fool." Benedick, enraged by her words, swears he will have revenge. Don Pedro and

neg: Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival of Venice 1990 The Merry Wives of Windsor 1991 Romeo and Juliet & The Comedy of Errors 1992 Henry VIII & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1993 The Tempest & Twelfth Night 1994 As You Like It & Henry V 1995 Much Ado About Nothing & Richard III 1996 Two Gentlemen of Verona & The Merchant of Venice 1997 The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth 1998 Love's Labour's Lost & Twelfth Night 1999 Romeo and Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream 2000 The Comedy of Errors & The Tempest 2001 Much Ado About Nothing & Henry V 2002 The Taming

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (opera) Much Ado About Nothing (opera) Much Ado About Nothing is an opera in four acts by Charles Villiers Stanford (his Op. 76a), to a libretto by Julian Sturgis based on Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing". It was the composer's seventh completed opera. It premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 30 May 1901, conducted by Luigi Mancinelli, when it was "well, but not rapturously received by the public", and given one further performance four days later. "The Manchester Guardian" commented, "Not even in the "Falstaff" of Arrigo Boito and Giuseppe Verdi have the characteristic charm, the ripe

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (opera) on a 1985 double-LP Opera Viva issue conducted by Leslie Head. A Beatrice-Benedick duet from the same section (pages 46 to 54 of vocal score) was recorded 'live' at a Europe Day Concert at St John's, Smith Square, on 9 May 2013. Much Ado About Nothing (opera) Much Ado About Nothing is an opera in four acts by Charles Villiers Stanford (his Op. 76a), to a libretto by Julian Sturgis based on Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing". It was the composer's seventh completed opera. It premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 30 May 1901, conducted by

neg: Much Ado About Nothing to marry his "niece," who is actually Hero in disguise. Another motif is the play on the words "nothing" and "noting", which in Shakespeare's day were near-homophones. Taken literally, the title implies that a great fuss ("much ado") is made of something which is insignificant ("nothing"), such as the unfounded claims of Hero's infidelity and the unfounded claims that Benedick and Beatrice are in love with one another. The title could also be understood as "Much Ado About Noting". Much of the action is in interest in and critique of others, written messages, spying, and eavesdropping. This is mentioned several

neg: Love's Labour's Won Shakespeare originally titled his Shrew play "Love's Labour's Won" in order to distinguish it from the rival play. Yet another possibility is that the name is an alternative title for another Shakespearean comedy not listed by Meres or Hunt. "Much Ado About Nothing", commonly believed to be written around 1598, is often suggested. For example, Henry Woudhuysen's Arden edition (third series) of "Love's Labour's Lost" lists a number of striking similarities between the two plays. "Much Ado about Nothing" is also listed under another alternative title, "Benedick and Beatrice", in several book sellers' catalogues. Leslie Hotson speculated that "Love's Labour's

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) soundtrack), two audio commentaries and two featurettes. "Much Ado About Nothing" was awarded the Guinness World Record for having the most people record a Blu-ray or DVD commentary, the amount of which was 16. Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) Much Ado About Nothing is a 2012 black and white American romantic comedy film adapted for the screen, produced, and directed by Joss Whedon, from William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, and Jillian Morgese. To create the film, director Whedon established the

neg: Much Ado About Nothing live joyfully. Some interpretations say that Balthasar sings poorly, undercutting the message. This is supported by Benedick's cynical comments about the song, where he compares it to a howling dog. However, in the 1993 Branagh film Balthasar sings beautifully, the song is also given a prominent role in both the opening and finale and the message appears to be embraced by the women in the film. In "Much Ado About Nothing", there are many examples of deception and self-deception. The games and tricks played on people often have the best intentions—to make people fall in love, to help someone get

neg: BBC Television Shakespeare the fact that there is no definitive chronology. Instead, Messina, Wilders and Shallcross decided that the first season would comprise some of the better known comedies ("Much Ado About Nothing" and "As You Like It") and tragedies ("Romeo & Juliet" and "Julius Caesar"). "Measure for Measure" was selected as the season's "obscure" play, and "King Richard the Second" was included to begin the eight-part sequence of history plays. When the production of the inaugural episode, "Much Ado About Nothing", was abandoned after it had been shot, it was replaced by "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the

neg: David Scott Milton Foch & Pernell Roberts), "Othello" (with Earl Hyman and Alfred Drake), "The Merchant of Venice" (with Katharine Hepburn and Morris Carnovsky) "Much Ado About Nothing" (Hepburn & Alfred Drake) National Tours—"Much Ado About Nothing" (with Katharine Hepburn and Alfred Drake); "Lamp at Midnight" (directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie) "Contemporary Authors Online". The Gale Group, 2002. PEN 0000069037. David Scott Milton David Scott Milton (born September 15, 1934) is an American author, playwright, screenwriter, and actor. His plays are known for their theatricality, wild humor, and poetic realism, while his novels and films are darker and more naturalistic. As a novelist,

neg: Lovers (stock characters) slave's place. When the lovers' problems are at least partly internal to them, they have diverged from the stock characters. Florizel and Perdita in "The Winter's Tale" are such lovers; Perdita's reluctance to be wooed by a man above her (apparent) birth is a trivial problem beside his father's rage at such a match. But in "Much Ado About Nothing", Claudio and Hero's problems arise from Claudio's being gulled, but are not solved until Claudio shakes off the villain's influence, and so he is not the stock character; still less are Benedick and Beatrice these stock characters, where the obstacles

neg: Love's Labour's Won publication. He suggests that "As You Like It" began as a sequel to "Love's Labour's Lost", but was later revised when Robert Armin replaced William Kempe as the principal comic actor in Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. In their 2014 season commemorating the centenary of the commencement of World War I hostilities, the Royal Shakespeare Company co-opted the title in performing "Much Ado about Nothing" under the name "Love's Labour's Won (also known as Much Ado about Nothing)". It was staged as a companion piece to "Love's Labour's Lost". The pair of plays bookended the period of the

neg: Much Ado About Nothing expresses the wish that she would die. The presiding friar intervenes, believing Hero to be innocent. He suggests the family must fake Hero's death in order to extract the truth and Claudio's remorse. Prompted by the day's harrowing events, Benedick and Beatrice confess their love for each other. Beatrice then asks Benedick to slay Claudio as proof of his devotion, since he has slandered her kinswoman. Benedick is horrified and at first denies her request. Leonato and his brother Antonio blame Claudio for Hero's apparent death and challenge him to a duel. Benedick then does the same. Benedick is following

neg: Much Ado About Nothing Pedro and invites him to stay for a month, Benedick and Beatrice resume their "merry war " and Pedro's illegitimate brother Don John is introduced. Claudio's feelings for Hero, Leonato's only daughter, are rekindled upon seeing her, and Claudio soon announces to Benedick his intention to court her. Benedick, who openly despises marriage, tries to dissuade his friend but Don Pedro encourages the marriage. Benedick swears that he will never get married. Don Pedro laughs at him and tells him that when he has found the right person he shall get married. A masquerade ball is planned in celebration of

neg: Much Ado About Mousing crab and attaches it to his tail. However, in the final scene, Jerry then puts that pair on as he lies down next to the dog (who still had his earmuffs on) to take a nap. Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by "William Shakespeare": "Much Ado About Nothing". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom

neg: Shakespeare's plays 2005), provides two different versions of the play, each with respectable authority. The problem exists with at least four other Shakespearian plays ("Henry IV, part 1", "Hamlet", "Troilus and Cressida", and "Othello"). During Shakespeare's lifetime, many of his greatest plays were staged at the Globe Theatre and the Blackfriars Theatre. Shakespeare's fellow members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men acted in his plays. Among these actors were Richard Burbage (who played the title role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including "Hamlet", "Othello", "Richard III" and "King Lear"), Richard Cowley (who played Verges in "Much Ado About Nothing"),

neg: Much Ado About Nothing what they want, or to lead someone to realize their mistake. However, not all are meant well, such as when Don John convinces Claudio that Don Pedro wants Hero for himself, or when Borachio meets 'Hero' (who is actually Margaret, pretending to be Hero) in Hero's bedroom window. These modes of deceit play into a complementary theme of emotional manipulation and the ease with which the characters' sentiments are redirected and their propensities exploited as a means to an end. The characters' feelings for each other are played as vehicles to reach an ultimate goal of engagement rather than seen

neg: Much Ado About Nothing the commands of Beatrice and is one of the few who believe Hero. Luckily, on the night of Don John's treachery, the local Watch apprehended Borachio and his ally Conrade. Despite the comic ineptness of the Watch (headed by constable Dogberry, a master of malapropisms), they have overheard the duo discussing their evil plans. The Watch arrest the villains and eventually obtain a confession, informing Leonato of Hero's innocence. Though Don John has fled the city, a force is sent to capture him. Claudio, stricken with remorse at Hero's supposed death, agrees to her father's demand that he marry Antonio's

neg: Much Ado About Nothing Paul Puget's "Beaucoup de bruit pour rien" (pub.1898) and "Much Ado About Nothing" by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1901) are based upon this play. Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed music for a production in 1917 at the Vienna Burgtheater by Max Reinhardt. In 2006 the American Music Theatre Project produced "The Boys Are Coming Home," a musical adaptation by Berni Stapleton and Leslie Arden that sets "Much Ado About Nothing" in America during the Second World War. The title track of the 2009 Mumford & Sons album "Sigh No More" uses quotes from this play in the song. The title of

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) film's opening weekend in the United Kingdom grossed $101,237 from having been screened at 64 locations. The box office numbers for Australia's opening weekend amounted to $78,196. The foreign box office contributed $971,794 to the film's final cume. "Much Ado About Nothing" has received generally positive reviews from critics, earning an 85% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.6/10, based on 161 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "Lighthearted to a fault, "Much Ado About Nothing"s giddy energy and intimate charm make for an entertaining romantic comedy—and a Shakespearean adaptation that's hard to resist". On Metacritic,

neg: Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast in Northern Ireland. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and in 2015 succeeded Richard Attenborough as its president. He has both directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including "Henry V" (1989) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993), "Othello" (1995), "Hamlet" (1996) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), "Love's

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) Much Ado About Nothing is a 2012 black and white American romantic comedy film adapted for the screen, produced, and directed by Joss Whedon, from William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, and Jillian Morgese. To create the film, director Whedon established the production studio Bellwether Pictures. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and had its North American theatrical release on June 21, 2013. The plot of the film is largely unchanged from

neg: Percelle Ascott Witness" and on "Excluded" for the BBC, as well as the lead in the feature film "Beat Girl" and the Netflix Series "'The Innocents'". He also appeared as Ben in "X+Y". He has also appeared in a number of stage plays like "Much Ado About Nothing" (BRIT School), "Rachel" (workshop, National Theatre Studio), and "Mandem on the Wall Live" (Hackney Empire). Percelle Ascott Percelle Ascott (born 10 June 1993) is an English actor, best known for his lead role between 2012 and 2014 on the CBBC series "Wizards vs Aliens" as Benny Sherwood, best friend of the main character Tom,

neg: Much Ado About Nothing end, Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right, and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples. In Messina, a messenger brings news that Don Pedro, a prince from Aragon, will return that night from a successful battle, Claudio being among his soldiers. Beatrice, niece of Leonato, a governor of Messina, asks the messenger about Benedick, Don Pedro's companion, and makes sarcastic remarks about his ineptitude as a soldier. Leonato explains that "There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her." Upon the arrival of the soldiers, Leonato welcomes Don

neg: Tony Award for Best Original Score has gone to the composer and lyricist for their combined contributions, except for 1971 when the two awards were split (although Stephen Sondheim won both, for "Company)". In only six years have non-musical plays been nominated for Tony Awards in this category: "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1973, "The Song of Jacob Zulu" in 1993, "Twelfth Night" in 1999, "Enron" and "Fences" in 2010, "Peter and the Starcatcher" and "One Man, Two Guvnors" in 2012, and "Angels in America" in 2018. In 2013, Cyndi Lauper became the first woman to win the award solo for "Kinky Boots". In 2015, Lisa

neg: Elijah Moshinsky Habit" at the Royal National Theatre in 1976, and, elsewhere in London: "Three Sisters" and Robert Storey's "Light Up the Sky" in 1987, "Ivanov", "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Another Time" (all in 1989), "Matador" (1991), "Becket" (1991), Ronald Harwood's "Reflected Glory" (1992), "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1992–1993), "Richard III" (1999), plus "Shadowlands" in New York (1990–1991). he also directed the first production of Nigel Williams adaptation of The Lord of the Flies for the RSC. Moshinsky has made a number of television films, mostly of operas. Non-operatic works, mainly for the BBC, include a number of Shakespeare's plays, televised between

neg: No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School in an abandoned theater on Main Street. Inside the theater, they discover an interesting piece of their history, but also a seemingly homeless man named Charlie (Bill Cobbs), who connects with the kids through their mutual passion for musical theater. When the teens learn the theater is scheduled for demolition, they embark on a mission to save the town's landmark and to keep Charlie safe. They decide to mount a modern-day version of a Shakespeare play called "Much Ado About Middle School" based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing". Through the play's mistaken identities and false assumptions, the teens and

neg: Gerald Lepkowski fellow British-born thespian, Frances O'Connor, with whom he now has one child, Luka, born in 2005. The couple currently reside in the Los Angeles area, in the United States. Lepkowski worked extensively in Australia on the stage, and he played Tysefew in 'The Dutch Courtesan', Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing", Roger & Arthur in "The Balcony", Vershinin in "The Three Sisters", Krogstaad in "A Doll's House" and Orsino in "Twelfth Night", all with the Melbourne Theatre Company. Lepkowski then went on to appear in several Australian TV series from 1994, starring in "The Damnation of Harvey McHugh" in a

neg: Tony Forsyth Boystalk (Royal National Studio). Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford Stage Company Tour to Malaysia and Japan). Tsarina in A Patriot For Me. In 1998,played Red Rutter, "the Dribbler", of Todchester Rovers in "Shooting Stars" written by Basil Thomas at the Chester Gateway. In 2000, national tour of "Naked Flame". In 2002, played Jambo in "Naked Flame 2 - Fire Down Under!" in national tour. Television: In recent years, TV appearances have been added to Forsyth's accomplishments and in 1999 spent time directing at the Greenwich Theatre in London. More recently, Forsyth has been working as a casting director.

neg: Barrett Foa in the original cast of "Mamma Mia!" After six months with the show, Foa left to accept a three-month job at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, California, where he created the lead role in a musical called "Kept" with music by Henry Kreiger and lyrics by Bill Russell. After playing Matt in "The Fantasticks" at The Muny in St. Louis, Foa was picked to play Claudio in a dual production of "Much Ado About Nothing" at Hartford Stage and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. He played Mordred in "Camelot" at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, and later was

neg: Ian Charleson Frank Dunlop's Young Vic Theatre Company. He made his professional stage debut in 1972 with the Young Vic, as one of the brothers in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (1972), which was also televised in the UK that same year by Granada Television. In 1973, he starred as Jimmy Porter in "Look Back in Anger", and that year he was also Hamlet and later Guildenstern in the first revival of Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". Also as part of the Young Vic company, Charleson was Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1974. He traveled with the

neg: Gabriel Thomson Radcliffe. Thomson portrayed Lysander in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" with the British Shakespeare Company on their 2009 tour of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Norway and the Czech Republic. Also starred in the British film "13Hrs". In 2010, Gabriel joined the cast of GB Theatre Company, playing Orlando in "As You Like It" and Dr Caius in "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The tour included the Republic of Ireland, Norway, the Czech Republic and the UK. Gabriel also starred in the film, The Lost Choices, released by Metrodome in the UK on

neg: Bill Duggan appeared on shows such as "The Shield", "Nash Bridges" and "General Hospital", "The Girl Next Door", "Rapid Guy Movement", "Dangerous Minds", "Copycat", "First Years", "Zoom Experience" and hosted HGTV's "Curb Appeal". His theater credits include Eugene in "Brighton Beach Memoirs", Gary in "Noises Off", Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" & "Measure for Measure", Lucas in "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", Paul in "A Chorus Line", and Baby John in "West Side Story". Other shows include: "Camelot", "South Pacific", "A Lady in the Dark", "Grapes of Wrath", "Stand-Up Tragedy". His newest and current credit is host of the television pre-game

neg: Paul Nicholas them to record producer Phil Wainman whom he worked with at Mellin Music Publishing). After settling on the stage name Paul Nicholas, he found success in the UK in musicals, beginning with the leading role of Claude in "Hair" (which Stigwood produced) before winning the title role in the original London production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". The part of Danny to Elaine Paige's Sandy made them the first British couple to play the leads in "Grease". He joined The Young Vic under Frank Dunlop and played Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing" and appeared in "Crete and Sgt. Pepper" by

neg: Russell Harvard in "The Wizard of Oz" as the inspiration for his becoming an actor. Subsequently, he became very involved in theater at TSD. At Gallaudet he appeared in a 2006 stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and as Claudio in their co-production with Amaryllis Theatre of "Much Ado About Nothing". His earliest professional stage work was in the twin roles of the Orderly and the Groundskeeper's Son in the world premiere of Rachel Sheinkin and GrooveLily's "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" for Deaf West Theatre (Center Theatre Group, 2007). With this dual performance, wrote "TimeOut" critic James Sims, "Harvard joins the rank

neg: James G. Nunn Kristian Nairn (Thomas) mostly known for playing Hodor in Game of Thrones. As well as his film career Nunn is also a regular on stage. His role as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet at the Rose Playhouse in London earned a 'Best Male Performance' Nomination at the Off West End Theatre Awards. His role as Parson Lucy in Matilda Ibini's critically acclaimed play "Muscovado" (winner of the Alfred Fagon Audience Award) was very well received. He has toured the country with a number of productions, including playing Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing". James G. Nunn James G. Nunn (born

neg: Pleaching English usage, until Sir Walter Scott reintroduced it for local colour, in "The Fortunes of Nigel" (1822). After the middle of the nineteenth century, English landowners were once again planting avenues, often shading the sweeping curves of a drive, but sometimes straight allées of pleached limes, as Rowland Egerton's at Arley Hall, Cheshire, which survive in splendidly controlled form. In "Much Ado About Nothing", Antonio reports (I.ii.8ff) that the Prince and Count Claudio were "walking in a thick pleached alley in my orchard." A modern version of such free-standing pleached fruit trees is sometimes called a "Belgian fence": young fruit

neg: Sam Phillips (actor) National Theatre production of The History Boys as Lockwood, Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe as Claudio and Bertram Cates in the acclaimed production of Inherit The Wind at the Old Vic where he starred alongside Kevin Spacey under the direction of Trevor Nunn. Sam Phillips (actor) Sam Phillips (born 31 May 1984) is an English actor and writer. The son of television director Nic Phillips and graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Phillips is perhaps best known for his roles in children's comedy Hotel Trubble as Jamie and as Spencer Cavendish in the third series

neg: Sinéad Cusack Anthony Burgess' translation of Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" and Beatrice in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," directed by Terry Hands. The production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" was later filmed in 1985. "Much Ado" was first produced at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1982–83, then moved to London's Barbican Theatre for the 1983–1984 season where it was joined by "Cyrano", before both plays transferred to New York's Gershwin Theatre from October 1984 to January 1985, for which Cusack received a Tony Award nomination for her performance as Beatrice, and costar Jacobi won the award for his Benedick.

neg: Matteo Bandello hearing (part 4, story 21). Four Bandello stories were adapted by Shakespeare, including "Cymbeline" (part 1, story 19), the Claudio subplot of "Much Ado about Nothing" (part 1, story 20), "Romeo and Juliet" (part 2, story 6), and "Twelfth Night" (part 2, story 28), plus one from the Shakespeare Apocrypha, "Edward III" (part 2, story 29). Bandello stories have also been adapted by other dramatists, including John Webster, "The Duchess of Malfi" (part 1, story 24), Philip Massinger, "The Picture" (part 1, story 19), the same source as that of Cymbeline, John Marston and Jean Mairet, "Sophonisba" (part 1, story

neg: Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by "William Shakespeare": "Much Ado About Nothing". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom baits the line with cheese and casts it all the way out to a far-off ship and into Jerry's mouse hole. The cat gets a bite and gets pulled off the pier and onto a pillar,

neg: Much Ado About Nothing Hands produced the play on a stage-length mirror, against an unchanging backdrop of painted trees. Sinéad Cusack played Beatrice. In 2013 James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave (who are in their seventies and eighties, respectively) played Benedick and Beatrice on stage at The Old Vic, London. There have been several screen adaptations of "Much Ado About Nothing," and almost all of them have been made for television. An adaptation is the 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, shot on videotape and released on VHS and DVD, that presents more of the text than Kenneth Branagh's version. It

neg: Fifth Avenue Theatre 1899 saw a John Philip Sousa musical, "The Charlatan", and the comic play "Becky Sharp" by Langdon Mitchell. The theatre began the new century with three Shakespeare plays, "Macbeth, Twelfth Night" and "Much Ado About Nothing". Other productions in 1900 were "Mary Stuart" by Friedrich Schiller and "Oliver Goldsmith" by Augustus Thomas. After this, the theatre presented mostly vaudeville, but it still produced a few plays and musicals. In 1903, for example, the theatre presented "Who Is Brown?" by Frank Wyatt. 1905 productions included "Zorah" by Edwin Arden and a version of "Oliver Twist" by J. Comyns Carr. Another hit

neg: Jason Keng-Kwin Chan 'Kevin' in "Connie and Kevin and the Secret Life of Groceries" in Sydney, then continued in Singapore with ‘Chris’ in Action Theatre's “The Admiral’s Odyssey”, Clifford Bradshaw in Toyfactory's "Cabaret", Lysander in SRT's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Andy in SRT's "The Office Party", Claudio in SRT's "Much Ado About Nothing" and Marc in The Ensemble Theatre's production of "ART". Jason Keng-Kwin Chan Jason Keng-Kwin Chan (born December 1, 1971) is a Malaysian-born Australian actor best known for his role as Cameron Watanabe, the Green Samurai Ranger in . He is currently a multi-award-winning writer, director, composer and actor based in

neg: John Coates (tenor) 1899. In the later 1890s, Coates left the stage for a medical operation on his vocal cords and further study, and reappeared as a tenor in light opera in 1899-1900 at the Globe Theatre in London. He first appeared at the Globe Theatre in "The Gay Pretenders" in November 1900 and then at Covent Garden Opera House to create the role of Claudio in Charles Villiers Stanford's four-act opera "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1901. Here he was in enthusiastic company with Marie Brema (Beatrice), David Bispham (Benedick), Suzanne Adams (Hero), Pol Plançon and Putnam Griswold, though the press did

neg: Much Ado About Nothing is directed by A. J. Antoon. The Papp production stars Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, and Barnard Hughes. The 1984 BBC Television version stars Lee Montague as Leonato, Cherie Lunghi as Beatrice, Katharine Levy as Hero, Jon Finch as Don Pedro, Robert Lindsay as Benedick, Robert Reynolds as Claudio, Gordon Whiting as Antonio and Vernon Dobtcheff as Don John. An earlier BBC television version with Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, adapted from Franco Zeffirelli's stage production for the National Theatre Company's London stage production, was broadcast in February 1967. In 2005 the BBC adapted the story by setting it in the

neg: Orlando Furioso literature" and it remains an inspiration for writers to this day. A few years before Ariosto's death, the poet Teofilo Folengo published his "Orlandino", a caricaturization of the stories found in both "Orlando Furioso" and its precursor, "Orlando Innamorato". In 1554, Laura Terracina wrote the "Discorso sopra il Principio di tutti i canti d'Orlando furioso" which was linked to "Orlando Furioso" and in which several of the characters appeared. "Orlando Furioso" was a major influence on Edmund Spenser's epic "The Faerie Queene". William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" takes one of its plots (Hero/Claudio/Don John) from "Orlando Furioso" (probably via

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) great contemporary Shakespeare since Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet". Christopher Schobert of IndieWire wrote, "The result is an utter joy, Whedon's most emotionally resonant and fully realized feature film to date. And I say that as one who is not a devoted member of the Whedon army". Sheila O'Malley of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four out of four stars, noting that ""Much Ado About Nothing" is one of the best films of the year". BBC Radio 5 Live's Mark Kermode said of the film, "One of the things that it manages to do is, firstly, make all the

neg: Much Ado About Nothing a port on the island of Sicily, which is next to the toe of Italy. Sicily was ruled by Aragon at the time the play was set. The action of the play takes place mainly at the home and on the grounds of Leonato's Estate. Benedick and Beatrice quickly became the main interest of the play, to the point where they are today considered the leading roles, even though their relationship is given equal or lesser weight in the script than Claudio and Hero's situation. Charles II even wrote 'Benedick and Beatrice' beside the title of the play in his

neg: Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) Angeles Times" thought the film was "good-humored and unpretentious in equal measure", going on to praise its visual performance. IGN gave it a 7.5 out of 10, noting that "everyone should see this movie". Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal" gave high encomium to Kranz's performance, expressing that the actor "portrays Claudio with affecting passion", and says of the film, "The joyous spirit of the play has been preserved in this modest, homegrown production". "Rolling Stone" journalist Peter Travers wrote that the film was "an irresistible blend of mirth and malice". Justin Chang of "Variety" sensed that the black-and-white

neg: Much Ado About Nothing daughter, "almost the copy of my child that's dead" and carry on the family name. At the wedding, the bride is revealed to be Hero, still living. Claudio is overjoyed. Beatrice and Benedick, prompted by their friends' interference, finally and publicly confess their love for each other. As the play draws to a close, a messenger arrives with news of Don John's capture – but Benedick proposes to postpone his punishment to another day so that the couples can enjoy their new-found happiness. Don Pedro is lonely because he hasn't found love. Thus Benedick gives him the advice "Get thee

neg: Shakespearean dance differ from the versions performed on the Shakespearean stage. Jigs often followed performances of plays in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England, but we know very little about the actual steps of this dance (see Baskerville). Shakespearean dance Shakespearean Dance refers to dancing in the time and plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries. There are references to dances such as the galliard or sinkapace, lavolta, coranto, pavane, and canary, and stage directions indicate dancing in many plays including "Romeo and Juliet", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night, or What You Will", "Macbeth", and "As You Like It". Terms like

neg: John Gielgud Award for Best Spoken Word Album. He made many other recordings, both before and after this, including ten Shakespeare plays. Gielgud continued to try, without much success, to find new plays that suited him as an actor, but his direction of Peter Shaffer's first play, "Five Finger Exercise" (1958), received acclaim. While in the US for the Shaffer play, Gielgud revived "Much Ado About Nothing", this time with Margaret Leighton as his Beatrice. Most of the New York critics praised the production, and they all praised the co-stars. He gave his first performances on television during 1959, in Rattigan's "The

neg: Will Geer queen who held court in the Bunker Hill neighborhood and who hid Hay from police. Later that year, Hay and Geer performed in support of the San Francisco General Strike, where they witnessed police firing on strikers, killing two. Geer made his Broadway debut as Pistol in a 1928 production of "Much Ado About Nothing", created the role of Mr. Mister in Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock", played Candy in John Steinbeck's theatrical adaptation of his novella "Of Mice and Men", and appeared in numerous plays and revues throughout the 1940s. From 1948 to 1951, he appeared in more

neg: Brian James Roche home city of Limerick and began performing in musicals such as Legally Blonde, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat, Sister Act, the Wiz and Annie Get Your Gun. Now he is also currently appearing in the TV3 crime drama Red Rock as Limerick gangster, Little Barry and is in rehearsals for Much Ado About Nothing playing the part of Claudio. Little Barry returns to screens in the UK and Ireland in April 2018. https://www.limerickpost.ie/2017/12/01/joseph-jacobs-favourite-son/ https://m.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/entertainment/braybased-tv-series-wins-top-bafta-award-26981540.html Brian James Roche Brian James Roche (born 2 October 1987) is an Irish actor and ballet dancer from Ardnacrusha, Co.Clare near Limerick, Ireland. He

neg: Measure for Measure of "Measure for Measure" took place on St. Stephen's night, 26 December 1604. During the Restoration, "Measure" was one of many Shakespearean plays adapted to the tastes of a new audience. Sir William Davenant inserted Benedick and Beatrice from "Much Ado About Nothing" into his adaptation, called "The Law Against Lovers". Samuel Pepys saw the hybrid play on 18 February 1662; he describes it in his Diary as "a good play, and well performed" – he was especially impressed by the singing and dancing of the young actress who played Viola, Beatrice's sister (Davenant's creation). Davenant rehabilitated Angelo, who is

neg: Much Ado Never Love Again and If I Could Write A Sonnet - both grade 'A' Taylor ballads - gentle, flowing, melodious." Larkin, Colin; John Martland (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals. London: Virgin in association with Muze UK Ltd. . Much Ado Much Ado, Bernard J. Taylor's musical version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", was recorded as a concept album in 1995, featuring Paul McGann, Peter Karrie and other West End stars. It received its world premiere at Stratford-on-Avon in 1996. It was partly inspired by the Kenneth Branagh film version. The most recent production was in

neg: Sandi Toksvig a number of stage plays, including "Androcles and the Lion", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "The Comedy of Errors". In 1996, she narrated the "Dragons!" interactive CD-ROM published by Oxford University Press and developed by Inner Workings, along with Harry Enfield. The software was primarily aimed at children and featured songs and poems about dragons. She also narrated the "Winnie the Witch" CD-ROM. She appeared in the "Doctor Who" audio drama "Red" by Big Finish Productions, released in August 2006. In December 2006, she hosted and sang at the London Gay Men's Chorus sold-out Christmas show, "Make the Yuletide Gay",

neg: Much Apu About Nothing episode's title is based on William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing". The original title for the episode was going to be "The Anti-Immigrant Song", in reference to Led Zeppelin's song "Immigrant Song". A sign held by a protester outside the Kwik-E-Mart says "The only good foreigner is Rod Stewart!", a reference to the British singer. Brad Bird, an American director who has worked as executive consultant and director on "The Simpsons", can briefly be seen in the crowd that complains to Mayor Quimby. In its original broadcast, "Much Apu About Nothing" finished 49th in the ratings for the week

neg: Patience Harris elaborate, heavy costumes in luxurious fabrics for "Romeo and Juliet", "The Merchant of Venice", and "Much Ado About Nothing", among other plays. In 1882, Terry brought the costume designer Alice Comyns Carr on board as a consultant. Harris and Carr worked together until 1887, but their tastes differed, with Carr favoring simpler, more flowing designs in the Aesthetic dress style. Their disagreements reached a head in 1887 over designs for the plays "Henry VIII" and "The Amber Heart", and Harris resigned. Carr succeeded her as Terry's head costumer designer. Information is lacking about the succeeding decade of Harris's career. At

neg: Shakespeare's plays verse and little variation in rhythm. However, after the plague forced Shakespeare and his company of actors to leave London for periods between 1592 and 1594, Shakespeare began to use rhymed couplets in his plays, along with more dramatic dialogue. These elements showed up in "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Almost all of the plays written after the plague hit London are comedies, perhaps reflecting the public's desire at the time for light-hearted fare. Other comedies from Shakespeare during this period include "Much Ado About Nothing," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "As You Like

neg: Shakespearean dance Shakespearean dance Shakespearean Dance refers to dancing in the time and plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries. There are references to dances such as the galliard or sinkapace, lavolta, coranto, pavane, and canary, and stage directions indicate dancing in many plays including "Romeo and Juliet", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night, or What You Will", "Macbeth", and "As You Like It". Terms like 'measure' and 'foot it' can also refer to dancing, and dance is often woven into the plot as part of a masque or masquerade ball, especially in plays by John Marston. There is no known dancing

neg: Much Ado Much Ado Much Ado, Bernard J. Taylor's musical version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", was recorded as a concept album in 1995, featuring Paul McGann, Peter Karrie and other West End stars. It received its world premiere at Stratford-on-Avon in 1996. It was partly inspired by the Kenneth Branagh film version. The most recent production was in Budapest, Hungary, opening in June 2007. Terry Wardrope, critic for the European musicals magazine "Words and Music", wrote: "The usual fine cast once again give full throat to a grand selection of songs. One of the strongest facets of Mr Taylor's musical

neg: Imelda Staunton roles include performances in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993), "Deadly Advice" (1993), "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) "Twelfth Night" (1996), "Chicken Run" (2000), "Another Life" (2001), "Bright Young Things" (2003), "Nanny McPhee" (2005), "Freedom Writers" (2007) and "How About You" (2007). Staunton shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by a Cast in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." In 2004, she received the Best Actress honours at the European Film Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Venice Film Festival for her performance of the title role in Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake", which also won Best Picture. For the same role,

neg: Phyllida Law Friends" (1992), "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) (playing Ursula, alongside daughter Emma as Beatrice) and "The Winter Guest" (1997) (playing Elspeth, alongside daughter Emma as Frances). She was in the original London cast of "La Cage aux Folles" at the London Palladium in 1986, playing the role of Jacqueline. In 2004 she guest-starred in the "Rosemary & Thyme" episode entitled "Orpheus in the Undergrowth" as May Beauchamp. In 2007 she guest-starred in two "Doctor Who" spin-off adventures: as Bea Nelson-Stanley in "The Sarah Jane Adventures" story "Eye of the Gorgon" and as Beldonia in the audio drama "Doctor Who: The

neg: Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival of the Shrew & Macbeth 2003 Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives & The Winter's Tale 2004 A Midsummer Night's Dream & Twelfth Night 2005 Much Ado About Nothing & Romeo and Juliet 2006 The Comedy of Errors & King Lear 2007 As You Like It & The Tempest 2008 Twelfth Night & The Merchant of Venice 2009 A Midsummer Night's Dream & Macbeth 2010 The Taming of the Shrew & Richard III 2011 The Winter's Tale & The Merry Wives of Windsor 2012 Romeo and Juliet & Much Ado About Nothing 2013 As You Like It & Love's

neg: Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival The Taming of the Shrew & Julius Caesar 1978 The Winter's Tale & As You Like It 1979 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1980 Love's Labour's Lost & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1981 The Merchant of Venice & Two Gentlemen of Verona 1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream & King Henry IV; part I 1983 Twelfth Night & Romeo and Juliet 1984 Much Ado About Nothing & The Tempest 1985 Richard III & The Taming of the Shrew 1986 As You Like It & King Lear 1987 Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1988 No Festival 1989 The Merchant

neg: Richard Waring J.M. Barrie's "What Every Woman Knows" and as the Captain in George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion". He also appeared in many performances of the American Shakespeare Festival directed by John Houseman and at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City, playing both bit roles and major parts in many of Shakespeare's plays. He acted with Katharine Hepburn in "The Merchant of Venice", "Much Ado About Nothing", and one performance in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Oberon before she had to leave the production. Waring married American actress Florida Friebus in 1934. They had one child who died in

neg: William Shakespeare thunderbolt. The ghosts fall on their knees." The actors in Shakespeare's company included the famous Richard Burbage, William Kempe, Henry Condell and John Heminges. Burbage played the leading role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including "Richard III", "Hamlet", "Othello", and "King Lear". The popular comic actor Will Kempe played the servant Peter in "Romeo and Juliet" and Dogberry in "Much Ado About Nothing", among other characters. He was replaced around 1600 by Robert Armin, who played roles such as Touchstone in "As You Like It" and the fool in "King Lear". In 1613, Sir Henry Wotton

neg: Christopher Harper (actor) Christopher Harper (actor) Christopher William Harper (born 19 August 1977) is an actor and director who played Nathan Curtis in ITV soap "Coronation Street" in a high profile teenage grooming and exploitation storyline. Harper has appeared in British dramas including "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher", "Upstairs Downstairs", "Life on Mars" and most notably as playing Clifford Last, son of Victoria Wood's character Nella Last in the multiple BAFTA award winning ITV movie "Housewife, 49". As a stage actor he has played Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, a season of Sir Alan Aykbourn plays at The

neg: Kenneth Branagh actor, musician and composer Patrick Doyle, who two years later was to compose the music for Branagh's film adaptation of "Henry V". This "Twelfth Night" was later adapted for television. Branagh became a major presence in the media and on the British stage when Renaissance collaborated with Birmingham Rep for a 1988 touring season of three Shakespeare plays under the umbrella title of "Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road", which also played a repertory season at the Phoenix Theatre in London. It featured directorial debuts for Judi Dench with "Much Ado About Nothing" (starring Branagh and Samantha Bond as Benedick and

neg: Nicolae Massim prestigious ""Youth Theatre"". At that theatre Nicolae Massim worked with young and promising actors such as Florin Vasiliu, George Marcovici, Olga Tudorache, Mircea Anghelescu, the Ciprian brothers, the Marsellos brothers or the Sahighian sisters, contributing to establishing them as stars in memorable plays such as a stage adaptation of Dickens' "David Copperfield", Schiller's "The Brigands", Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", Shaw's "Bunbery" and many others. In addition to helping young talents achieve stardom, Nicolae Massim was also diligent to bring back to the limelight established veterans of the Romanian stage, such as Maria Filotti, who had been condemned to oblivion

neg: First Folio done by his son Isaac. The First Folio's publishing syndicate also included two stationers who owned the rights to some of the individual plays that had been previously printed: William Aspley ("Much Ado About Nothing" and "Henry IV, Part 2") and John Smethwick ("Love's Labour's Lost," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Hamlet"). Smethwick had been a business partner of another Jaggard, William's brother John. The printing of the Folio was probably done between February 1622 and early November 1623. It is possible that the printer originally expected to have the book ready early, since it was listed in the Frankfurt Book

neg: Don Pedro (character) some dramatic irony: For example, he does not know that it is Don John who ruins the wedding until his henchman, Borachio, admits it. Don Pedro has been portrayed by Denzel Washington in the Samuel Goldwyn Company 1993 film. He was played by Reed Diamond in Joss Whedon's interpretation of the play, which was released in 2012. Don Pedro (character) Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, is a fictional character from William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing". In the play, Don Pedro visits his friend Leonato in Messina, Italy while coming back from war. He also helps bring together one

neg: John Liptrot Hatton on "Peruvian Antiquities" as handed down to us by Spaniards after the conquest.' He wrote music for "Richard II" in 1857, and for "King Lear", "The Merchant of Venice", and "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1858. Reference is also found for music to "Henry V", for which several mediaeval instruments were required. The arrangement with Kean seems to have collapsed in a legal dispute of 1859. As the music for "Much Ado About Nothing" had not been published, Hatton sought to show that it remained his own property and could be adapted or performed at his discretion. The court, however,

neg: Every Man in His Humour into the Register of the Stationers' Company on 4 August 1600, along with the Shakespearean plays "As You Like It," "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Henry V," in an entry marked "to be stayed." It is thought that this entry was an attempt to block publication of the four plays; if so, the attempt failed, since the latter three plays appeared in print soon after. "Every Man In" was re-registered ten days later, on 14 August 1600, by the booksellers Cuthbert Burby and Walter Burre; the first quarto was published in 1601, with Burre's name on the title page. In

neg: Bonn University Shakespeare Company in the summer term and one in the winter term. All plays are performed in the original English version, the only exception being “Vell Jedöhns wääje nüß”, a Rhineland dialect translation of Much Ado About Nothing, in the year 2000. For this production the group was awarded the “Martin-Lehnert-Preis” by the German Shakespeare Society. Most performances take place at the theatre in Bonn-Beuel, where the plays are performed for six to ten days in a row. The average number of performances per production is seven. Apart from Shakespeare’s plays, the group also performs tragedies and comedies by Christopher Marlowe, John

neg: Paul McGann in "The Monocled Mutineer," composer Bernard J. Taylor invited McGann to create the role of Benedict in the concept studio recording of the "Much Ado", a musical based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing". McGann portrayed Ambassador Durian in "The Minister of Chance", a fantasy audio drama released in six parts from 2011 to 2013. The series is a spin-off of the "Doctor Who" audio drama "Death Comes to Time", but has no official connection to the franchise. In February 2014, a crowdfunded short film based on the first instalment of "The Minister of Chance" was released to those who

neg: Peter Link and directed by A. J. Antoon. While also at the Public Theater, Link composed the score for Joseph Papp's Much Ado About Nothing, which was presented at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park on Broadway and also as a CBS Television Special. This was the longest running Shakespeare production to ever run on Broadway and won for Link his first Tony Award Nomination. The show was directed by A. J. Antoon and starred Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hughes. "Much Ado About Nothing" began its Broadway run at the Winter Garden Theatre in NYC Nov 11, 1972. On the

neg: Dan Brown Palace" by James Bamford. Commenting on "Much Ado About Nothing", Brown says, "I didn't understand how funny this play "Much Ado About Nothing" truly was until I became an English teacher and had to teach it. There is no wittier dialogue anywhere". Speaking of Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Trilogy", he states, "Ludlum's early books are complex, smart, and yet still move at a lightning pace. This series got me interested in the genre of big-concept, international thrillers." Recurring elements that Brown prefers to incorporate into his novels include a simple hero pulled out of their familiar setting and thrust into

neg: Emma Thompson an international success almost overnight". For her next two films, Thompson returned to working with Branagh. In "Peter's Friends" (1992), the pair starred with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, and Tony Slattery as a group of Cambridge alumni who are reunited ten years after graduating. The comedy was positively reviewed, and Desson Howe of "The Washington Post" wrote that Thompson was its highlight: "Even as a rather one-dimensional character, she exudes grace and an adroit sense of comic tragedy." She followed this with Branagh's screen version of "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993). The couple starred as Beatrice and Benedick,

neg: Ghost character to the text. If the character was intended to appear and say nothing, it is assumed this would be made clear in the playscript. The term is used in regard to Elizabethan and Jacobean plays, including the works of William Shakespeare, all of which may have existed in different revisions leading to publication. The occurrence of a ghost character in a manuscript may be evidence that the published version of a play was taken by the printer directly from an author's foul papers. Modern versions of "Much Ado About Nothing" open act 1, scene 1 with the stage direction "Enter