Much Ado About Nothing
National Theatre production at the Old Vic Theatre, 1967
Role: Claudio

This romantic comedy by William Shakespeare features two pairs of lovers: The romantic leads, Claudio and Hero, and their comic counterparts, Benedick and Beatrice.

The play opened at the Old Vic on 16 February 1965, with Robert Stephens as Benedick and Maggie Smith as Beatrice. Ian McKellen was Claudio, and he later recalled that Jeremy Brett "replaced me briefly as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing."

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