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Much ado about nothing (2013-09-Old Vic-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Old Vic (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 07 septembre 2013
Première : jeudi 19 septembre 2013
Dernière : samedi 23 novembre 2013
Mise en scène : Mark Rylance •
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Producteur :
Avec : James Earl Jones (Benedick), Vanessa Redgrave (Beatrice), Tim Barlow (Verges), Penelope Beaumont (Ursula), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Borachio), Katherine Carlton (Beryl), Beth Cooke (Hero), Alan David (Antonio), Michael Elwyn (Leonato), Lloyd Everitt (Claudio), James Garnon (Don Pedro), Melody Grove (Margaret), Trevor Laird (Conrade), Leroy Osei-Bonsu (Messenger), Mark Ross (Sexton), Peter Wight (Dogberry and Friar Francis), Danny Lee Wynter (Don John)
Presse : "I am the last person to complain about senior citizens being given free rein. I also hold Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in high regard and thought their performances in Driving Miss Daisy were magical. But casting them as Beatrice and Benedick is another matter and results, in Mark Rylance's hands, in one of the most senseless Shakespearean productions I have seen in a long time."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Benedick is renowned for his wit, but [James Earl]Jones’s delivery of the lines is so slow and hesitant, that whenever he embarks a speech one worries whether he will get safely to the end of it...Vanessa Redgrave is much more fluent and often funny, though it still takes a bit of effort to accept a Beatrice who often seems like a mad old bat. And while the pair suggest a wry affection for each other, that’s not quite enough to ignite the play... Laborious and misguided production."
Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph

"Vanessa Redgrave, 76, is co-starring in Much Ado – her stage beau being James Earl Jones, 82. The idea is that you are never too old to fall in love. But is it possible to be too old to play a Shakespearean lover? So noble is the idea of the enterprise, so distinguished have been its two prime participants, that one feels a cur to say so. But this production creaks...Disappointing evening."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"It is a strange and largely unsatisfactory experience... underpowered and confused. This Much Ado may be a bold enterprise but it does not pay off."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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Much ado about nothing (1965-02-Old Vic-NT-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Old Vic (Londres - Angleterre)
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Durée : 1 an 4 mois
Nombre : 113 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : mardi 16 février 1965
Dernière : dimanche 19 juin 1966
Mise en scène : Franco Zeffirelli •
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Avec : Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Gerald James, Elizabeth Burger, Lynn Redgrave, Edward Petherbridge, Frank Finlay, Michael Rothwell, Ronald Pickup, Michael York, Christopher Timothy
Presse : "A nattily uniformed town band parades the streets blaring forth crudely harmonised marches: the troops swagger back from the war in dress swords and plumed pill-box hats and are mobbed by a welcoming crowd of frock-coated civilians. And as for civic statuary, Zeffirelli has provided it in the shape of self-assembling monuments - ethereal girls who drift on and freeze into Ondines at the base of a fountain, and an unearthly warrior who clambers on to a pedastal and takes up martial stance as a local hero covered in bird droppings." Times 17/02/1965

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Much Ado About Nothing (1969-07-Aldwych Theatre-London)

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Théâtre: Aldwych Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
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Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : jeudi 17 juillet 1969
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène : Trevor Nunn •
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Avec : Cormack George (Antonio), Firth David (Balthasar), Suzman Janet (Beatrice), Howard Alan (Benedick), Stewart Patrick (Borachio), Lloyd Bernard (Claudio), Kingsley Ben (Conrade), Waller David (Dogberry), Rose Clifford (Don John), Bate Anthony (Don Pedro), Curry Julian (Friar Francis), Mirren Helen (Hero), Shaw Sebastian (Leonato), Kestelman Sara (Margaret), Kane John (Messenger), Barry Richard Jones (Servant 1), Oates Robert (Servant 2), Cotterill Ralph (Servant 3), Cochran Peter (Sexton), Dyson Ian (Soldier 1), Stender J D (Soldier 2), Minifie Valerie (Ursula), Simpson Richard (Verges), York John (Watch 1), Manikum Phillip (Watch 2), Keays-Byrne Hugh (Watch 3), Lewis Glynne(Watch 4)
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la RSC.

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Much ado about nothing (1971-12-Aldwych Theatre-London)

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Théâtre: Aldwych Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
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Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : mercredi 15 décembre 1971
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène : Ronald Eyre •
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Avec : Gostelow Gordon (Antonio), Harman Adrian (Balthasar), Spriggs Elizabeth (Beatrice), Godfrey Derek (Benedick), Sheppard Morgan (Borachio), Rogers Mark (Boy), Rees Roger (Claudio), Pedley Anthony (Conrade), Woodthorpe Peter (Dogberry), Pasco Richard (Don John), Dench Jeffery (Don Pedro), Geddis Peter (Friar Francis), Fiske Alison (Hero), Aykroyd Juliet (Lady), Dearth Lynn (Lady), Lines Marion (Lady), Whiteside Janet (Lady), Church Tony (Leonato), James Polly (Margaret), Ashby Robert (Messenger), Anderson Miles (Officer), Calder David (Officer), Reid Gordon (Sexton), Holmes Denis (Steward), Dyson Anne (Ursula), Bromley Sydney (Verges), Anderson Miles (Watch), Calder David (Watch), Langdon Anthony (Watch), Valentine Ted (Watch)
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la RSC.

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Much ado about nothing (1977-06-Aldwych Theatre-London)

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Théâtre: Aldwych Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
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Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : mercredi 29 juin 1977
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène : John Barton •
Chorégraphie :
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Avec : Clinton Dennis (Antonio), Witkin Jacob (Balthazar), Dench Judi (Beatrice), Sinden Donald (Benedick), Peck Bob (Borachio), Durden Richard (Claudio), Coburn Brian (Conrade), Woodvine John (Dogberry), McDiarmid Ian (Don John), Bown John (Don Pedro), Taylor Keith (Friar Francis), Lunghi Cherie (Hero), Hicks Greg (Leader of the Watch), Beavis Ivan (Leonato), Brown Bobbie (Maid), Carson Avril (Maid), Du Sautoy Carmen (Maid), Galsworthy Marilyn (Maid), Ward Eliza (Margaret), Begley Kim (Officer), Whitworth Paul (Officer), Woodward Peter (Officer), Hicks Greg (Servant), Lyon David (Sexton), Guard Pippa (Ursula), Tyrrell Norman (Verges), O'Shea Kevin (Watch), Pollitt Clyde (Watch), Tanner Leon (Watch), Whitworth Paul (Watch)
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la RSC.

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Much ado about nothing (1981-08-Olivier Theatre-NT-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: National Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Olivier Theatre
Durée : 5 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 44 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : vendredi 14 août 1981
Dernière : samedi 06 février 1982
Mise en scène : Peter Gill •
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Much ado about nothing (2013-09-Old Vic-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Old Vic (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 07 septembre 2013
Première : jeudi 19 septembre 2013
Dernière : samedi 23 novembre 2013
Mise en scène : Mark Rylance •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : James Earl Jones (Benedick), Vanessa Redgrave (Beatrice), Tim Barlow (Verges), Penelope Beaumont (Ursula), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Borachio), Katherine Carlton (Beryl), Beth Cooke (Hero), Alan David (Antonio), Michael Elwyn (Leonato), Lloyd Everitt (Claudio), James Garnon (Don Pedro), Melody Grove (Margaret), Trevor Laird (Conrade), Leroy Osei-Bonsu (Messenger), Mark Ross (Sexton), Peter Wight (Dogberry and Friar Francis), Danny Lee Wynter (Don John)
Presse : "I am the last person to complain about senior citizens being given free rein. I also hold Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in high regard and thought their performances in Driving Miss Daisy were magical. But casting them as Beatrice and Benedick is another matter and results, in Mark Rylance's hands, in one of the most senseless Shakespearean productions I have seen in a long time."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Benedick is renowned for his wit, but [James Earl]Jones’s delivery of the lines is so slow and hesitant, that whenever he embarks a speech one worries whether he will get safely to the end of it...Vanessa Redgrave is much more fluent and often funny, though it still takes a bit of effort to accept a Beatrice who often seems like a mad old bat. And while the pair suggest a wry affection for each other, that’s not quite enough to ignite the play... Laborious and misguided production."
Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph

"Vanessa Redgrave, 76, is co-starring in Much Ado – her stage beau being James Earl Jones, 82. The idea is that you are never too old to fall in love. But is it possible to be too old to play a Shakespearean lover? So noble is the idea of the enterprise, so distinguished have been its two prime participants, that one feels a cur to say so. But this production creaks...Disappointing evening."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"It is a strange and largely unsatisfactory experience... underpowered and confused. This Much Ado may be a bold enterprise but it does not pay off."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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Much ado about nothing (2016-12-Haymarket Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Haymarket Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 3 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : vendredi 09 décembre 2016
Première : samedi 17 décembre 2016
Dernière : samedi 18 mars 2017
Mise en scène : Christopher Luscombe •
Chorégraphie : Jenny Arnold •
Producteur :
Avec : Sam Alexander (King of Navarre/Don John), John Arthur (Sir Nathaniel/Antonio), William Belchambers (Longaville/Conrade), Edward Bennett (Berowne/Benedick), Paige Carter (Maria/Ursula), Rebecca Collingwood (Katharine/Hero), Lisa Dillon (Rosaline/Beatrice), Nick Harris (Butler/Francis Pickbone/Butler/Officer/Musician), Nick Haverson (Costard/Dogberry), John Hodgkinson (Don Armado/Don Pedro), Tunji Kasim (Dumaine/Claudio), Emma Manton (Jaquenetta/Margaret), Chris McCalphy (Dull/Sexton), Peter McGovern (Moth/George Seacole/Soldier), Chris Nayak (Footman 1/Borachio), Jamie Newall (Boyet/Friar Francis), Steven Pacey (Holofernes/Leonato), Roderick Smith (Gatekeeper 1/Marcade/Verges), Jamie Tyler (Footman/Hugh Oatcake), Harry Waller (Gamekeeper 2/Marcade/Balthasar), Anna Wheatley (Housemaid/Housemaid), Leah Whitaker (Princess of France).
Commentaires : Following a 2014 run in Stratford-upon-Avon and a subsequent in Chichester, the RSC Chichester Festival Theatre productions of the heart-warming double bill Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (or Love's Labour's Won) will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a limited season.

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Much ado about nothing (2017-07-Globe Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Globe Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Globe Theatre
Durée : 3 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : vendredi 14 juillet 2017
Première : vendredi 14 juillet 2017
Dernière : dimanche 15 octobre 2017
Mise en scène : Matthew Dunster •
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Commentaires : Shakespeare’s classic tale of antagonistic romance and madcap humour explodes on to the Globe stage with a fusion of Latin music, desert flowers and revolutionary politics in this bold new production.

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