Much Ado About Nothing | Characters, Essential Themes, and Main Plot

Discover Much Ado About Nothing with Shakespeare director and scholar, Travis Curtright, PhD. In this video, rehearsal-based approaches address:
*Benedick and Beatrice's characters and hidden motives.
*Claudio's shaming of Hero.
*Why "kill Claudio"?
*The play's theme of love and friendship (including social drama, slander and gossip, and rocky romances).
Students are interviewed on camera and explain their own feelings about characters and scenes.
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CREDITS: The actors were members of Dr. Travis Curtright's Shakespeare in Performance troupe at Ave Maria University. Visit: http://www.shakespeareinperformance.net. Fernando Perez was cinematographer.