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Much Ado About Murder

Synopsis
Television comedy drama. A Hollywood film star is playing the lead in a New York stage production of Hamlet. While rehearsing the ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy he is stabbed in the neck with a quill. It later emerges that he was negotiating to get the life rights of a notorious Mexican gangster who is a fan of Shakespeare’s plays, especially ‘Macbeth’ and ‘King Lear’ though he is likened to ‘Richard III’ by Castle, the investigator. Castle later speculates that the gangster is caught up in machinations resembling ‘Hamlet’ as the man’s brother is trying to overthrow him and is sleeping with his wife.
Series
Castle
Language
English
Country
Great Britain; United States
Medium
Television
Year of release
2016
Year of production
2016
Subjects
Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords
New York; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Hanelle Culpepper
Writer
Christine Roum
Cast
Nathan Fillion 

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£14.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
900 minutes (22 episodes)
Year
2016

Production Company

Name

ABC Television

Distributor (DVD)

 

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