Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Release: 1967-02-05
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
TV 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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC TV
National Theatre
Cast
Maggie Smith
as Beatrice
Caroline John
as Hero
Edward Petherbridge
as Conrade
Ron Pember
as Second Watchman
Frank Finlay
as Dogberry
John McEnery
as A Gentleman
Graham Crowden
as Verges
Robert Stephens
as Benedick
Michael Byrne
as Claudio
Denis DeMarne
as A Lord
Carolyn Jones
as Margaret
David Hargreaves
as Borachio
Derek Jacobi
as Don John
Michael Gambon
as Other Watchman
John Hallam
as Other Watchman
Barry Evans
as Coffee Boy
Christopher Timothy
as Server / Inanimate
Ronald Pickup
as Don Pedro
Gerald James
as Leonato
David Ryall
as The Sexton
