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Benedick and Beatrice are teased mercilessly by their friends for the sudden changes they notice in their behavior. Don John plants the seed of Hero’s disloyalty in the ears of Don Pedro and Claudio, who vows to shame her at the altar if it’s proven true. Chief Constable Dogberry preps his Deputy Verges and officers Oatcake and Seacoal for the watch that night, telling them to pay close attention to Leonato’s villa in advance of the wedding that’s going to be there. The officers fall asleep on their watch but are awakened by rain just in time to overhear Borachio boast to Conrade that he made a bunch of money by getting Margaret to pretend she was Hero as he made love to her, within earshot of Claudio. The inept officers manage to arrest them both. The next morning, Margaret reassures an uneasy Hero as she prepares for her wedding. Dogberry and Verges bumble their way into delivering news of Borachio’s arrest to a distracted Leonato, who tells them to handle it themselves. The wedding begins…
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by RANJIT BOLT. All episodes were directed by BRENDON FOX. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
TRACIE LANE as BEATRICE
REG ROGERS as BENEDICK
TÉA GUARINO as HERO
ZION JANG as CLAUDIO
CARMAN MATTHEW LACIVITA as DON PEDRO
ALEJANDRA ESCALANTE as MARGARET and CONRADE
DEMOSTHENES CHRYSAN as LEONATO
DEE NELSON as ANTONIA
BRIAN OWEN as DOGBERRY
STEPHEN MICHAEL SPENCER as BORACHIO
EVAN ZES as NAVAL CADET, OATCAKE and SEACOAL
LUIS MORENO as DON JOHN and THE SEXTON
MARY BACON as DEACON FRANCIS and VERGES
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Vocal arrangement and music direction by STEPHEN MICHAEL SPENCER. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
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