
Feature film — 1967
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
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.
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Director: Alan Cooke
On screen
Cast & crew

Maggie Smith
Beatrice

Robert Stephens
Benedick

Frank Finlay
Dogberry

Michael Byrne
Claudio

Caroline John
Hero

Derek Jacobi
Don John

Ronald Pickup
Don Pedro

Denis DeMarne
A Lord

Gerald James
Leonato
Harry Lomax
Antonio
Wynne Clark
Ursula

Carolyn Jones
Margaret
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