Comedy ·TV Movie · United Kingdom · 1967 · 2h 10m

Much Ado About Nothing

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Director
Alan Cooke
Cast
Maggie Smith as Beatrice Robert Stephens as Benedick Frank Finlay as Dogberry Michael Byrne as Claudio Caroline John as Hero Derek Jacobi as Don John
Crew
Nino Rota — Original Music Composer Robert Graves — Writer Cedric Messina — Producer Mel Cornish — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
filmed theater
Key Collaborators
Alan Cooke Director Nino Rota Original Music Composer Robert Graves Writer Cedric Messina Producer Mel Cornish Production Design
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