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Much Ado About Nothing or Love’s Labour’s Won

Synopsis
Television broadcast of a video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2014 staging of Much Ado About Nothing as Love’s Labour’s Won set in the autumn of 1918 with world-weary Benedick (Edward Bennett) and his friend Claudio (Tunji Kasim) returning from the trenches, with Michelle Terry as Beatrice. Directed for the screen by Robin Lough.
Series
RSC Live from Stratford Upon Avon
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Notes
Also available on DVD and Blu-ray as a boxed set with LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.
Subjects
Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Christopher Luscombe; Robin Lough
Producer
John Wyver
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Nigel Hess
Production Design
Simon Higlett
Cast
Chris McCalphy 
Chris Nayak 
David Horovitch 
Edward Bennett 
Emma Manton 
Flora Spencer-Longhurst 
Frances McNamee 
James Newall 
John Hodgkinson 
Michelle Terry 
Nick Haverson 
Peter Basham 
Peter McGovern 
Roderick Smith 
Sam Alexander 
Thomas Wheatley 
Tunji Kasim 
William Belchambers 

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 0 NTSC
Price
£17.11
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
148 minutes
Year
2016

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Distributor

Name

Opus Arte

Email
Customer.services@opusarteshop.com
Web
http://www.opusarte.com External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7010 8560
Fax
020 7836 0506
Address
Customer Services
Simran Mediatech Ltd
26-28 Hammersmith Grove
Hammersmith
London
W6 7BA
Notes
Opus Arte is the Royal Opera House’s multi-platform arts production and distribution company. Established in 1999 the company grew rapidly to become one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality classical music content. As well as releasing around twenty titles on DVD, Blu-ray and CD per year, the company has produced and directed programmes that have been broadcast in over 60 countries and released in cinemas. The website allows lovers of opera, ballet, classical music and theatre to purchase traditional CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, and also to download digital music and video straight to a computer or portable device.
 

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