Much Ado About Nothing

2h 10min

Comedy

TV Movie

Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.

Production Companies

BBC TV

National Theatre

Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Beatrice
Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Dogberry
Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Don John
Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Don Pedro
Malcolm Reynolds

Malcolm Reynolds

The Messenger
Chloe Ashcroft

Chloe Ashcroft

Woman of Leonato's Household
Mary Griffiths

Mary Griffiths

Woman of Leonato's Household
Barry Evans

Barry Evans

Coffee Boy
John McEnery

John McEnery

A Gentleman
David Ryall

David Ryall

The Sexton
Roger Kemp

Roger Kemp

First Watchman
Ron Pember

Ron Pember

Second Watchman
David Belcher

David Belcher

Other Watchman
Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Other Watchman
John Hallam

John Hallam

Other Watchman
Paul Curran

Paul Curran

Friar Francis
Christopher Timothy

Christopher Timothy

Server / Inanimate

Release date

5th Feb 1967

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English