Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.
Cast
Maggie Smith
Beatrice
Robert Stephens
Benedick
Frank Finlay
Dogberry
Michael Byrne
Claudio
Caroline John
Hero
Derek Jacobi
Don John
Ronald Pickup
Don Pedro
Denis DeMarne
A Lord
Gerald James
Leonato
Harry Lomax
Antonio
Wynne Clark
Ursula
Carolyn Jones
Margaret
Edward Petherbridge
Conrade
David Hargreaves
Borachio
Neil Fitzpatrick
Batlthasar
Malcolm Reynolds
The Messenger
Chloe Ashcroft
Woman of Leonato's Household
Mary Griffiths
Woman of Leonato's Household
Barry Evans
Coffee Boy
John McEnery
A Gentleman
Graham Crowden
Verges
David Ryall
The Sexton
Roger Kemp
First Watchman
Ron Pember
Second Watchman
David Belcher
Other Watchman
Michael Gambon
Other Watchman
John Hallam
Other Watchman
Paul Curran
Friar Francis
Christopher Timothy
Server / Inanimate
Crew
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