Much Ado About Nothing
1973, 160 minutes, Rated E
Joseph Papp's 1972 CBS-TV television production of The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway staging of Shakespeare's rollicking comedy is brassy, bouncy and all-together entertaining. Featuring Sam Waterson and the Tony nominated performances of Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hugues, Antoon's turn of the century version has Teddy Roosevelt roughriders and bicycle-riding women suffragettes, but remains faithful to the classic tale: Beatrice and Benedick are still sparring partners fighting their merry war of words; the evil Don Jon continues conspiring to break up the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's once again up to Dogbery to save the day. Critically acclaimed and enormously popular with audiences, "Much Ado About Nothing," originated at the Public's outdoor Delacorte Theater in Central Park as part of is annual Free Shakespeare in Central Park, was trasferred to Broadway and was perceived as the first successful Shakespeare to play without a major star in Broadway history. The CBS broadcast was seen by twenty million people.
- Director:
- A. J. Antoon [1], Nick Havinga [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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