Episode of Series “BBC Television Shakespeare Series”.
A comedy with two main plots. One concerns the love affair between Beatrice and Benedict, the other deals with the conspiracy against Claudio who is engaged to Beatrice’s gentle cousin, Hero. Don John, who hates Claudio stages a pretended assignation between Borachio, one of his followers, and Margaret, Hero’s maid, who is garbed as her mistress. Claudio, who witnesses the scene and suspects Hero’s virtue, rejects his bride at the altar, but the matter is finally cleared up, with the help of the good Friar Francis.
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ACMI Identifier
300486
Language
English
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)