Overview
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.
Production
BBC TV · National Theatre
Cast & Characters
Maggie Smith
Beatrice
Robert Stephens
Benedick
Frank Finlay
Dogberry
Michael Byrne
Claudio
Caroline John
Hero
Derek Jacobi
Don John
Ronald Pickup
Don Pedro
Denis DeMarne
A Lord
Gerald James
Leonato
Harry Lomax
Antonio
Wynne Clark
Ursula
Carolyn Jones
Margaret
Directors & Crew
Alan Cooke
Director
Robert Graves
Writer
Cedric Messina
Producer
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