Title: Much ado about nothing
Description: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, American Shakespeare Festival, Theatre and Academy, Stratford, Connecticut, John Houseman, artistic director, Jack Landau, associate director presents Katharine Hepburn as Beatrice, appearing with the American Shakespeare Festival Company in "Much Ado About Nothing," by William Shakespeare, with Mitchell Agruss, Stanley Bell, Jack Bitner, Jacqueline Brookes, William Cottrell, Dina Doronne, Richard Easton, John Frid, Larry Gates, Will Geer, Sada Thompson, Richard Waring and John Colicos as Benedick, directed by John Houseman and Jack Landau, music by Virgil Thomson, scenery and costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, lighting by Tharon Musser, dances arranged by John Butler.