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A good way to get back to the bard after a long drought. This one relies on a lot of staged overheard conversation and disguised identity, but all the usual wit compensates. ( )

My favourite. Best with David Tennant and Catherine Tate. They make the perfect Benedict and Beatrice ( )

I’d been hearing about Megan Dansie for a while, so I was pleased to be able to see her splendid production of Much Ado About Nothing at Adelaide Uni during a recent visit. Talking with her pre-performance, I gained an insight into the setting of Shakespeare out of period. I’d always thought it was to satisfy the creative monsters inside directors, but she made the point – obvious, though I’d never thought about it – that it could be about budget. The trappings of Shakespeare in period cost more and for a small group like hers are out of the question. She had hers set at the end of WWII, the men in uniform, which seemed to me to be neither here nor there, incidentally, in terms of affecting the interpretation of the play.

I was really taken by the depth of acting, no weak points and some marvellous comic performances. It’s a fun play and easy to follow. My mother reminded me in the interval that we first saw it when I was about nine, and I’m the eldest of four.

Rest here:

https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/much-ado-about-nothing-by...

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By far my favorite Shakespeare play, it was so much fun to read this again after binging Nothing Much To Do! ( )

Better than some of his other comedies. I think it helps that the couples are still courting and not married yet. It's also good that the seemingly standard attempts to make people be or appear unfaithful are done by some evil third party and not by one of the lovers. ( )