Much Ado About Nothing 2011

Run Time:
3 hours, with one interval
Opened: May 26, 2011
Closing: October 01, 2011

Much Ado About Nothing - 2011 - West End History , Info & More

Shakespeare's Globe
21 New Globe Walk City of London, Greater London SE1 9DT London

Claudio loves Hero and Hero Claudio and nothing seems capable of tearing them apart. Claudio’s friend Benedick loves Beatrice and Beatrice Benedick, but (because neither will admit it) nothing seems capable of bringing them together. Only the intrigues of a resentful prince force Benedick to prove his love for Beatrice – by killing his best friend.



Driven along by a romance all the more charming for being unacknowledged, Much Ado About Nothing is a miracle of comic and dramatic suspense and gives us, in the bantering Beatrice and Benedick, two of Shakespeare’s wittiest, most lovable pair of lovers.

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Much Ado About Nothing has been nominated for the Best Revival at the Olivier Awards for its production at Wyndham's Theatre.

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