William Shakespeare (1564-1642)
Beaucoup de bruit pour rien (Much Ado About Nothing), comédie

Sam Alexander (Don John)
David Horovitch (Leonato)
Edward Bennett (Benedick)
Michelle Terry (Beatrice)
Tunji Kasim (Claudio )
Chris Nayak (Borachio)
Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Hero)
Nick Haverson (Dogberry)
Royal shakespeare Company
Simon Godwin, mise en scène

Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The worldweary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own rather more combative courtship. Shakespeare's comic romance plays out amidst the brittle high spirits of a post-war house party, as youthful passions run riot, lovers are deceived and happiness is threatened – before peace ultimately wins out.