Read by Saskia Reeves etc. - Arkangel Productions, 2003. - MP3, 64 kbps, 44 kHz, mono. -
02:08:29.
Much Ado About Nothing boasts one of Shakespeare's most delightful heroines, most dancing wordplay, and the endearing spectacle of intellectual and social self-importance bested by the desire to love and be loved in return. It offers both the dancing wit of the "merry war" between the sexes, and a sobering vision of the costs of that combat for both men and women. Shakespeare dramatizes a social world in all of its vibrant particulars, in which characters are shaped by the relations between social convention and individual choice.
Perfomed by:Beatrice - Saskia Reeves.
Benedick - Samuel West.
Don Pedro - Paul Jesson.
Claudio - Jason O'Mara.
Hero - Abigail Docherty.
Leonato - David Bradley.
Margaret - Amanda Root.
Dogberry - Bryan Pringle.
Don John - Steve Hodson.
Ursula - Sonia Ritter.
Verges - Raymond Bowers.
Antonio - James Greene.
Balthasar - Nicholas Murchie.
Borachio - Eddie Marsan.
Conrade - Alex Lowe.
Friar Francis - John Rogan.
First Watch - Alisdair Simpson.
Second Watch - Chris Pavlo.
Boy - Freddie Norton.