MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

For their 21st season, Shakespeare Live have chosen Shakespeare's ever-popular comedy, ‘Much Ado about Nothing'.

Featuring two of his best-loved characters, Beatrice and Benedick, the play tells of their determined resistance to the concept of love and marriage – and their subsequent collapse when struck by Cupid's darts.

Salted by the villainy of Don John and his accomplices, the play moves at a terrific pace in one of the Bard's most accessible and easily-followed stories. Light relief comes with the Constable, Dogberry, and his seemingly inept assistants of the Watch, but, in true comic style, it is the simple folk who unravel the plot and lead the tale to a satisfactory and harmonious climax.

Our director, David Sherratt, new to Shakespeare Live, was formerly Festival Director of the Pendley Shakespeare Festival in Hertfordshire, and has worked extensively in Wiltshire and the Cotswolds.

The company looks forward to welcoming you to our colourful and fast-moving 2010 production, and to sharing in an evening of delight.

Contact: you can email the director at: director@shakespearelive.com

Hazelbury Manor, Box, Nr Bath