Much Ado About Nothing
This television production of The New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway staging of Shakespeare's rollicking comedy is brassy, bouncy and all-together entertaining. Featuring Sam Waterston and the Tony nominated performances of Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hughes, this turn-of-the-century version has Teddy Roosevelt roughriders and bicycle-riding women suffragettes, but remains faithful to the classic tale: Beatrice and Benedick are still sparring partners fighting their merry war of words; the evil Don Jon continues conspiring to break up the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's once again up to Dogbery to save the day. Critically acclaimed and enormously popular with audiences, "Much Ado About Nothing," originated at the open-air Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, was transferred to Broadway and was perceived as the first successful Shakespeare to play without a major star in Broadway history. The CBS broadcast was seen by twenty million people.
Year: 1973
Genre: Shakespeare, Alice's Playhouse
Country: USA
Director: A J Antoon, Nick Havinga
Starring: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Barnard Hughes, Douglass Watson
Duration: 160 Minutes
Rating: Ex
7.7/10
Location in store: Alice's Playhouse (Shakespeare)
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