This is a lovely production - Ralph Funicello's handsome black, filigree set and easily the best Beatrice and Benedick I've ever seen (Georgia Hatzis and Jonno Roberts. They must get heartily fed up with the prefix “married couple ...etc”), but to have a real, passionate relationship at the heart of this play makes the most extraordinary difference.
Ron wanted to set Much Ado in a period where the gender differences were at their most extreme, I felt that crinolines had been somewhat over-done, and were a bit boring, so rather than use the 1850s we decided to go for the less explored 1830s. The clothes are exceptionally pretty for the women, and the soldiers uniforms are seriously glamorous.
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