Much Ado About Nothing -2011- Wyndham-s Theatre... Apr 2026

I tell you, he is so in love that he will break his own neck against the posts of her bed.

If this be so, I will shame her tomorrow at the altar. Scene 2: The church. The next morning. Organ music. Stained glass projections. (LEONATO, HERO, BEATRICE, MARGARET, DON PEDRO, CLAUDIO, and BENEDICK. FRIAR FRANCIS stands at the altar.)

Of you. (He catches himself) That is – of the sun.

A lover? I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me. Much Ado About Nothing -2011- Wyndham-s Theatre...

(She exits. Blackout. Music: “Love My Way” by The Psychedelic Furs.) (DON JOHN, BORACHIO, and CONRADE stand in shadows.)

(alone) If this sweet lady think me a cold blooded fool, I shall prove otherwise. Tonight.

Do you question me, as an honest man should do, for my simple true judgment? Why, i’ faith, methinks she is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise, and too little for a great praise. Only this commendation I can afford her: that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. I tell you, he is so in love

(still not looking up) I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick. Nobody marks you.

(to CLAUDIO) Is Signior Benedick still in the house? I pray you, tell him I have a toothache. That will bring him down to laugh at me.

(Enter CLAUDIO and DON PEDRO, hiding behind a hedge. They do not see BENEDICK at first.) The next morning

God help us.

Thou thinkest I am in sport. I pray tell me truly how thou likest her.

How no?

No. I wrote him a very angry letter. That is the same.