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Who Played Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing

Friar Francis is a role in Much Ado About Nothing, a play that opened West End in 2025.

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?” Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation’s finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wits.

11 actors have played Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing.

View full cast of Much Ado About Nothing

Performer Production Opened
Robert Parsons Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1927
Joseph Macaulay Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1952
David King-Wood Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1959
Albert Quinton Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
Tom McDermott Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
Tom McDermott Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
Dennis Clinton Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1984
George Parsons Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1984
Steven Skybell Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2004
Austin Durant Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Jamie Newall West End Much Ado About Nothing 2016
Phillip Olagoke West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Phillip Olagoke Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2026

Other Roles in Much Ado About Nothing

Role Production Opened
Beatrice West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Benedick West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Borachio West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Claudio West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Don John West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Don Pedro West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Friar Francis West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Hero West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Leonato West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025
Margaret West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025

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