Read by David Tennant etc. - BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2001. - MP3, 168 kbps (VBR), 44 kHz, mono. -
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Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."
Shakespeare's delightful comedy sparkles with the verbal sparring of our two reluctant lovers in a world where nothing is quite what it seems. David Tennant and Samantha Spiro star as Benedick and Beatrice, with an introduction by Sir Richard Eyre and directed by Sally Avens.
Performed by:Benedick - David Tennant.
Beatrice - Samantha Spiro.
Hero - Emilia Fox.
Claudio - Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Don Pedro - David Westhead.
Don John - Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Leonato - David Swift.
Antonio/Sexton - Sean Baker.
Borachio - Stephen Critchlow.
Conrade - Jonathan Keeble.
Dogberry - David Haig.
Verges - Peter Gunn.
Margaret - Maxine Peake.
Ursula - Helen Ayres.
Friar Francis - Dermot Crowley.
Original music written and performed Simon Oakes and Adam Wolters.