Much ado about nothing, or, Love's labour's won
By: [written by] William Shakespeare ; director, Christopher Luscombe ; producer, Kevin Fitzmaurice ; screen director, Robin Lough ; [screen] producer, John Wyver ; a Royal Shakespeare Company presentation
Contributors: Fenwick, Oliver, lighting designer; Arnold, Jenny, choreographer; Dunn, Jeremy, sound designer; Hess, Nigel, composer (expression); Horovitch, David, actor; Wheatley, Thomas, 1951- actor; Spencer-Longhurst, Flora, actor; Terry, Michelle (Actress), actor; Waller, Harry (Actor), actor; Manton, Emma, actor; Alexander, Sam, 1978- actor; Bennett, Edward, 1979- actor; Whitaker, Leah, actor; Haverson, Nick, actor; Belchambers, William, actor; Kasim, Tunji, actor; Hodgkinson, John (Actor), actor; Basham, Peter, actor; Levy, Sophie Khan, actor; Lynes, Oliver, actor; McCalphy, Chris, actor; McGovern, Peter, actor; McNamee, Frances, actor; Nayak, Chris, actor; Newall, Jamie, actor; Smith, Roderick (Rod), actor; Terry, Michelle, actor; Royal Shakespeare Company; Live from Stratford-upon-Avon; Opus Arte (Firm)
Edition: Special edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Drama; Man-woman relationships; Conspiracies; Courtship; Film adaptations; Rejection (Psychology); Mistaken identity
Other titles: Love's labour's won; Love's labour's won, or, Much ado about nothing
Description: England, Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own rather more combative courtship.
Notes: Title from title screen.

Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Filmed for Live from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Originally produced for live broadcast in theaters in 2015.

Issued as part of a 2-DVD set: Love's labour's lost & Love's labour's won.

Special features: Post-war photo gallery ; cast photo gallery ; featurette on partnering this play with Love's labour's lost ; interview with composer ; director's commentary.

Booklet notes in English, French, and German.

Designer, Simon Higlett ; music, Nigel Hess ; lighting, Oliver Fenwick ; sound, Jeremy Dunn ; movement, Jenny Arnold.

David Horovitch, Thomas Wheatley, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Michelle Terry, Harry Waller, Emma Manton, Frances McNamee, Chris Nayak, Peter Basham, Sophie Khan Levy, John Hodgkinson, Sam Alexander, Edward Bennett, Tunji Kasim, William Belchambers, Nick Haverson, Jamie Newall, Chris McCalphy, Oliver Lynes, Peter McGovern, Roderick Smith.

Recorded at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon March 2015

DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital stereo., Dolby digital surround.

In English with optional English subtitles.