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12 July 2008 at Woburn AbbeyGates open from 5.30pm, performance begins at 7.00pm Adult £15.00, Child £10.00 We welcome back the renowned company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the only all male Shakespearean Touring Company in UK, who trace their history back to Shakespeare’s own time, with this well known and much loved piece, so ideal for a summer evening in the lovely setting of the Abbey grounds. In Messina, the governor Leonato, his daughter Hero, and her cousin Beatrice (Antonio's daughter) learn from a messenger that Don Pedro has won victory in a battle and is returning home. He arrives with Claudio, Benedick, and Pedro's bastard brother, Don John. Claudio falls in love with Hero at first sight. Benedick and Beatrice chide one another and trade witticisms. In private, Claudio tells Benedick of his love, but Benedick only teases him. Don Pedro, however, vows to help Claudio by disguising himself as Claudio and making advances to Hero. Leonato's brother Antonio overhears Don Pedro and Claudio's conversation, but believes Don Pedro is in love with Hero, rather than Claudio. At dinner, while discussing husbands, Beatrice vows to never marry, echoing Benedick's earlier vow. The men arrive in masks: Don Pedro and Hero dance; Benedick and Beatrice dance, and she makes fun of Benedick in general, possibly not knowing she is in fact dancing with him. Don John appears to Claudio, who identifies himself as Benedick; even though Don John knows he's Claudio. Don John tells him Don Pedro is actually in love with Hero, causing Claudio to become depressed. Thus is the scene set for yet another wonderful comedy of errors, the hallmark of which is the sparkling exchanges between Benedick and Beatrice, for which the play is rightly well known. General information
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