The characters of Dogberry and the Watch play the classic comic-fool role, and Benedick too can be seen as foolish at times. However there are also elements of tragedy in Much Ado About Nothing.
Now the Festival has offered Much Ado twice before. In 1957 Alfred Drake was the most brilliant Benedick I've ever seen (perhaps partly because Drake is also a singer); but Katharine Hepburn was ...
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Hamish Linklater and Tony-nominee Lily Rabe return to the Park this summer as the wise-cracking, would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick in the beloved romantic comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro (Denzel Washington) to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick (Sir Kenneth ... it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing." ...
Benedick is one of the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare. The play is set in Messina, Italy, and tells the story of Beatrice and Benedick. At the start of ...
Benedick danced, masked, with Beatrice only to be mocked and made fun of. Here he vents to Don John after finishing his "anonymous" dance with Beatrice. Soldiers return home from the war and the ...
True; but Shakespeare had also treated this subject previously, for it is the main theme of Much Ado About Nothing ... and witty comedy of Beatrice and Benedick, along with the wonderful farce ...
A celebration of true love, friendship, and wit, Much Ado About Nothing features some ... The story follows Beatrice and Benedick, two quick-witted and sarcastic individuals who are happily ...