Much Ado About Nothing
1967•2h 10m•6.3•Released
ComedyTV Movie
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.
Director
Alan Cooke
Writer
Robert Graves
Languages
English
Studio
BBC TV
Cast
Maggie Smith
Beatrice
Robert Stephens
Benedick
Frank Finlay
Dogberry
Michael Byrne
Claudio
Caroline John
Hero
Derek Jacobi
Don John
Ronald Pickup
Don Pedro
Denis DeMarne
A Lord
Gerald James
Leonato
Harry Lomax
Antonio
Wynne Clark
Ursula
Carolyn Jones
Margaret
Edward Petherbridge
Conrade
David Hargreaves
Borachio
Neil Fitzpatrick
Batlthasar
Production
Company
BBC TV
Company
National Theatre
Producer
Cedric Messina
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