Listen in as Judith Buchanan and Emma Smith discuss a March 2022 RSC production of Much Ado About Nothing
TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Much Ado About Nothing
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This conversation was recorded between Professor Judith Buchanan and Professor Emma Smith on 10 March 2022 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and on 14 March 2022 at St Peter's College, Oxford. It explores their immediate responses to the adaptation, the opportunities and challenges thrown up by the production's bold choices, and the ways in which Shakespeare returned to the themes of Much Ado in later plays.
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