Much Ado About Nothing Tickets

What's it all about?

Acting titan Mark Rylance directs fellow theatre legends James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave in Shakespeare’s timeless comedy Much Ado About Nothing. To say it's one of the hottest tickets of 2013 is an understatement.

Redgrave and Jones recently went head-to-head in a successful Broadway and West End run of Driving Miss Daisy. Here they reunite to play reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick - a noteworthy casting choice on the part of Rylance, in that the roles were written for much younger people, by whom they are usually played.

What's the story?

Shakespeare's wonderful comedy Much Ado About Nothing is the tale of two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.

Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are a sweet couple of youngsters who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another.

Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. 

Who's in it?

Since making her debut in a Peter Hall production of A Midsummer's Night Dream in 1959, Vanessa Redgrave has cemented an international reputation as one the pre-eminent actresses of her generation. 

Among her recent credits are her Drama Desk Award-winning performance as Joan Didion in one-woman Broadway show The Year of Magical Thinking, and a Tony Award-nominated turn in the title role of Driving Miss Daisy at New York's John Golden Theatre and subsequently the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End.

In a career spanning more than fifty years, James Earl Jones has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest actors in American history. Since his Broadway debut in 1957 he has won numerous awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope. He is also, unforgettably, the voice of Star Wars' nefarious Darth Vader, as well as having essayed countless other film, stage, and television roles.

Who is Much Ado About Nothing suitable for?

From script to director to cast, this production represents the very acme of what legitimate theatre has to offer. If you like theatre even slightly, you owe it to yourself to see this play.

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