Much Ado About Nothing DVD

Set in America at the start of the 20th century soldiers are returning home while the battle of the sexes goes merrily on. Joseph Papp's 1972 CBS-TV television production of The New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway staging of Shakespear's rollicking comedy is brassy bouncy and all-together entertaining.Featuring Sam Waterston and the Ton nominated performances of Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hughes Papp's turn-of-the-century version has Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders returning from the Spanish-American war bicycle-riding women suffragettes and police who behave... like the Keystone Cops but remains faithful to the classic tale. Beatrice and Benedick are still sparring partners fighting their merry war of words; the evil Don John continues conspiring to break up the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's once again up to Dogberry to save the day.Critically acclaimed and enormously popular with audience Much Ado About Nothing originated at the open-air 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. [show more]

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