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Who Played Hero in Much Ado About Nothing

Hero is a role in Much Ado About Nothing, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2014.

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. Central Park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last century, where the heat of summer ignites the fevered passions of lovesick ladies in corsets and pining gentlemen spying from the verandah. Three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien directs this delightful skirmish of wit between two self-declared bachelors tricked by their mischief-making friends into falling in love against their will and in spite of their own hearts.

19 actors have played Hero in Much Ado About Nothing.

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Performer Production Opened
Agnes Ethel Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1869
Mary Hall Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1904
Elizabeth Valentine Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1913
Mary Boland Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1913
Martha Johnson Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1927
Deirdre Owens Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1952
Jean Marsh Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1959
April Shawhan Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
April Shawhan Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
Lindsay Crouse Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1972
Cathy Finlay Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1984
Clare Byam Shaw Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1984
Melissa Gallagher Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1987
Phoebe Cates Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 1988
Elizabeth Waterston Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2004
Ony Uhiara West End Much Ado About Nothing 2011
Ismenia Mendes Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Rebecca Collingwood West End Much Ado About Nothing 2016
Margaret Odette Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2019
Mara Huf West End Much Ado About Nothing 2025

Other Roles in Much Ado About Nothing

Role Production Opened
Antonio Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Balthasar Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Beatrice Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Benedick Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Borachio Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Dogberry Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Don John Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Don Pedro Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Ensemble Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Friar Francis Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Hero Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Leonato Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Margaret Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Sexton Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Ursula Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014
Verges Off-Broadway Much Ado About Nothing 2014

“Hero” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Broadway 1996
The Rehearsal Broadway 1963

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