Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
7 September - 30 November 2013
The Old Vic Theatre
Cast
Benedick: James Earl Jones
Beatrice: Vanessa Redgrave
Verges: Tim Barlow
Ursula: Penelope Beaumont
Borachio: Kingsley Ben-Adir
Beryl: Katherine Carlton
Hero: Beth Cooke
Antonio: Alan David
Leonato: Michael Elwyn
Claudio: Lloyd Everitt
Don Pedro: James Garnon
Margaret: Melody Grove
Conrade: Trevor Laird
Messenger: Leroy Osei-Bonsu
Sexton: Mark Ross
Dogberry/Friar: Peter Wight
Don John: Danny Lee Wynter
Hugh Oatcake: Tyler Hunter / Henry Markham Hare / Samuel Stembridge-King
George Seacoal: Samuel Allum / Charlie Beazley-Clarke / Gene Gurie
Director: Mark Rylance
Designer: Ultz
Lighting Designer: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Music: Claire van Kampen
Sound Designer: Emma Laxton
Movement Director: Sian Williams
Master of the Word: Giles Block
Costume Supervisor: Zeb Lalljee
Wig Supervisor: Carole Hancock
Production Manager: Dominic Fraser
Company Stage Manager: Jason Benterman
Deputy Stage Manager: Rebecca Maltby
Assistant Stage Manager: Sophie Rubenstein
Prop Supervisor: Lizzie Frankl
Wardrobe: Fiona Lehman, Louise Askins
Hair and Make-up: Anna Pileci, Francois Herard
Dressers: Elize Van Velden, Sandrine Alpha, Caitlin Kenny
Electricians: Doug Currie, Miriam Spencer, KeithKeith
Stage: Tom Humphrey, Steve Grant, James Boston, Alan
Assistant Director: Reuben Grove
Assistant Producer: Simon Fliegner
Associate Producer: Nicholas Kent
General Manager: Ros Brooke-Taylor
Producer: John Richardson
Michael Elwyn and Alan David
Lloyd Everitt and James Garnon
Danny Lee Wynter
Kingsley Ben-Adir and Melody Grove
James Earl Jones
Vanessa Redgrave
Photographs by Simon Annand