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Directed by
John Bell, Shakespeare’s battle-of-the-wits (and -sexes), suitably played by
Toby Schmitz and Blazey Best, erupted in a riot of triumph, colour and joy, set
in a mid-twentieth century Italian villa. Beatrice and Benedict’s verbal
sparring was a match for their physical antics, and as they fell for each other
despite their best intentions and the infidelity plot untangled, you felt the
passions, the heart and the life at the centre of Shaksespeare’s great verbal
duel.
