This is a workpack for Nicholas Hytner's 2007 production of Much Ado About Nothing. Included in this pack are teaching notes and articles on various aspects of the play

Olivier Ford Davies (Leonato) offers an in-depth analysis of his character's speech during the wedding scene.

Simon Russell Beale talks through the wedding scene from Benedick's point of view. He explains how Claudio's denouncement of Hero is a turning point for Benedick, which prompts him to side with the women in the play for the first time. It's also the point in the play when Benedick confesses his...