‘Much Ado About Nothing’ from Stratford-Upon-Avon makes debut at Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Sedona AZ (April 5, 2015) – The Royal Shakespeare Company’s extraordinary production of “Love’s Labour’s Won” (also known as “Much Ado About Nothing”) makes its Sedona big-screen debut on Sunday, April 12. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the high-definition premiere of William Shakespeare’s renowned play from its home in Stratford-Upon-Avon. There will be one show at 1 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
This production features the same cast as last month’s production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost”.
Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers return from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship.
Shakespeare’s comic romance plays out amidst the brittle high spirits of a post-war house party, as youthful passions run riot, lovers are deceived and happiness is threatened – before peace ultimately wins the day.
Christopher Luscombe directs the second of Shakespeare’s matching pair of comedies that rejoice in our capacity to find love in the most unlikely places. Better known as “Much Ado About Nothing”, the play is performed under the title “Love’s Labour’s Won”, a name possibly given to it during Shakespeare’s lifetime.
“Love’s Labour’s Won” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, April 12 at 1:00 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $12.50 for Film Festival members. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.
