Much Ado About Nothing

Synopsis

After civil war Messina seems to have returned to peace with few casualties and a courtship holds the promise of reconciling the battle of the sexes in a well matched wedding. But the reconciliation's have been too hurried and soldiers can't return to the civilian world overnight.

Our Review:

14 February 2006

The Library Theatre last tackled a Shakespeare production over six years ago. If the great audience reception for the Bard's most romantic of comedies, Much Ado About Nothing on the night I went is anything to by, the company should not wait as long next time. This highly proficient piece may not be original in terms of style but it more than makes up for that via the juxtaposition of comedy and tragedy which is exquisitely done here.

The tale is set in Messina and there is cause for celebration as the soldiers return home. Love is in the air, as the beautiful Hero falls for the dashing Claudio. Alongside these young lovers are the older, wiser and funnier Beatrice and Benedick. These two sparring partners engage in verbal bouts, the wittier one being the most victorious. Like the most modern of rom-com characters, this behaviour disguises the fact that they are as well suited as the younger pair. Enter Don Pedro, a convincing cad who disrupts the love ...

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