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Much Ado About Nothing review – frothy fun to please the purists

Summary by The Guardian

Globe theatre, LondonThere’s no whiff of stuffiness in a Sean Holmes’ production characterised by warm summer euphoria, Elizabethan-era magic and entrancing musicThe Globe so often comes under fire for tampering with tradition but here is Shakespeare’s play on love, deception, male singledom and female purity that should please the purists. Its comedy is delivered straight, as it were, complete with Elizabethan-era costumes that contain the prod…

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Much Ado About Nothing review – frothy fun to please the purists

13 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Review: Much Ado about Nothing - The Globe - southlondon.co.uk

Music, laughter, and witty repartee The musicians open the play, walking onto the stage and quickly joined by the company singing and dancing, writes Elizabeth Carlin. There is talk of the imminent return of soldiers from the war, chat about Benedict and Claudio causing blushes for Hero (Lydia Fleming) and witty scorn from Beatrice (Amalia

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