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

Transmission details

2 May 2016 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

42 mins

Credits

Director

Hanelle Culpepper

Writer

Christine Roum

Cast

Nathan Fillion

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

New York; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Episode 20 from season 8 of Castle.

Production Company

Name

ABC Television

Distributor (DVD)

Name

Retail outlets