“Two unlikely foes end up in love, and all ends well, after the hero, who is treacherously made to assume that his fiancée is unfaithful, repents when the culprits are caught.” This can be a one-line summary of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. I could easily think of so many Bollywood movies around this plot. At least now I know where it originated from…
The witty repartees between Beatrice and Benedict make the heart of this play. Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 adaptation was a star-studded affair featuring Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Branagh himself – but it was Emma Thompson, sultry and sharp as Beatrice, who truly stole the show.
The Shakespeare Project so far: Macbeth | The Tempest | The Merchant of Venice | Twelfth Night | As You Like It
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