Love's Labour's Won (Aka Much Ado About Nothing) - BLU-RAY

Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own rather more combative courtship. Shakespeare's comic romance plays out amidst the brittle high spirits of a post-war house party, as youthful passions run riot, lovers are deceived and happiness is threatened - before peace ultimately wins out. 'This is the most blissfully entertaining and emotionally involving RSC offering I've seen in ages.' (The Daily Telegraph) 'This is, in it's entirety, an endeavor that sings poignant, impassioned and gorgeous... Brilliantly comic... extraordinarily powerful' (The Times) 'A marvel... immaculately coordinated.' (The Daily Mail) 'These productions are a joy... Edward Bennett and Michelle Terry make a splendid pairing. ' (The Sunday Times)

Summer 1914. In order to dedicate themselves to a life of study, the King and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting arrive, presenting the men with a severe test of their high-minded resolve. Shakespeare's sparkling comedy delights in championing and then unraveling an unrealistic vow, and mischievously suggesting that the study of the opposite S*x is in fact the highest of all academic endeavors. '... blissfully entertaining and emotionally involving... ' (The Daily Telegraph) '... an endeavor that sings poignant, impassioned and gorgeous... Brilliantly comic... extraordinarily powerful' (The Times) 'A marvel... immaculately coordinated.' (The Daily Mail) 'Edward Bennett and Michelle Terry make a splendid pairing. ' (The Sunday Times)

Philip Cumbus, Trystan Gravelle, William Mannering, Jack Farthing, and more star in this production of Shakespeare's play produced by Doninic Dromgoole with original music by Claire van Kampen.