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Much Ado About Noting
In Elizabethan English, ‘nothing’ was pronounced in the same way as ‘noting’; a key theme in the play is people watching or ‘noting’ other people’s activities and behaviour – and, of course, failing to note accurately or at all! Nick Hytner (the director) and Simon Russell Beale (Benedick) talk about how this is conveyed in the current production. |
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Shakespeare's daring combinations of different mood and characters
Oliver Ford Davies (Leonato) admires that the way Shakespeare juxtaposes comic and tragic scenes, and dares to have a character like Leonato as, say, a bit of a fool in the gulling scene, and then exhibit angry eloquence in the wedding scene.
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