Much Ado About Nothing

National Theatre. Costumes by Peter J Hall. Textual revisions by Robert Graves.

Cast & Crew

Crew
A Lord; T/O Balthasar	Neil Fitzpatrick
A Woman	Jennie Heslewood
Antonio	Harry Lomax
Balthasar	Bruce Purchase
Beatrice	Maggie Smith
Benedick	Robert Stephens
Borachio	Tom Kempinski
Claudio	Ian McKellen
Coffee Boy	Alan Ridgway
Conrade	Edward Petherbridge
Dogberry	Frank Finlay
Don John; T/O Don Pedro	Derek Jacobi
Don Pedro	Albert Finney
First Watchman	Peter John
Friar Francis; T/O Dogberry	Frank Wylie
Hero	Caroline John
Inanimate	Christopher Chittell
Inanimate	Nicholas Edmett
Inanimate	Gillian Ferguson
Inanimate	Kay Gallie
Inanimate	Roy Holder
Inanimate, Server; T/O Gentleman	Christopher Timothy
Leonato	Gerald James
Margaret	Lynn Redgrave
Second Watchman; T/O Dogberry	Ron Pember
T/O A Gentleman	John McEnery
T/O A Lord	William Hoyland
T/O A Lord	Robert Walker
T/O A Lord; T/O Watchman	Denis De Marne
T/O Beatrice	Joan Plowright
T/O Borachio	Anthony Hopkins
T/O Claudio	Jeremy Brett
T/O Coffee Boy	Barry Evans
T/O Coffee Boy	Lee Menzies
T/O Coffee Boy	John Parsons
T/O First Watchman	Oliver Cotton
T/O First Watchman	Roger Kemp
T/O Friar Francis	Paul Curran
T/O Hero	Sheila Reid
T/O Inanimate	Saam (Sam) Dastoor
T/O Inanimate	Alan Adams
T/O Inanimate	Helen Bourne
T/O Inanimate	Janina Faye
T/O Inanimate	Sandra Freeman
T/O Inanimate	Luke Hardy
T/O Inanimate	Roderick Horn
T/O Inanimate	Ken Tyllsen
T/O Inanimate	Peter Winter
T/O Margaret	Carolyn Jones
T/O Sexton	Lennard Pearce
T/O Sexton; T/O Verges	David Ryall
T/O The Messenger	Malcolm Reynolds
T/O Ursula	Wynne Clark
T/O Verges	Graham Crowden
T/O Verges	Charles Kay
T/O Watchman	David Belcher
T/O Watchman	Stuart Campbell
T/O Watchman	Denis De Marne
T/O Watchman	John Flint
T/O Watchman	Michael Gambon
T/O Watchman	John Hallam
T/O Watchman; T/O Borachio	David Hargreaves
T/O Watchman; T/O Conrade	Richard Kay
T/O Woman	Chloe Ashcroft
T/O Woman	Mary Griffiths
T/O Woman	Yvonne Quenet
The Messenger; T/O Claudio	Michael Byrne
The Sexton	Reginald Green
Ursula	Elizabeth Burger
Verges	Michael Rothwell
Watchman	Dan Meaden
Watchman	Michael York
Watchman; T/O Second watchman; T/O Don John	Ronald Pickup
Woman, U/S Beatrice; T/O Margaret	Pauline Taylor
Assistant Director (Stephens)	Derek Goldby
Assistant director (Zeffirelli)	Piers Haggard
Choreographer	Romayne Grigorova
Composer	Nino Rota
Costume designer	Peter J Hall
Designer	Franco Zeffirelli
Director	Franco Zeffirelli
Director (Revival)	Robert Stephens
Lighting designer	Brian Freeland
Lighting designer	Leonard Tucker
Photographer	Zoe Dominic
Textual revisions	Robert Graves

Observations (1)
Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection

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Observations

On 8^th February 2019 at 6:41 p.m., chas noted:

I would like to add the musicians names to this cast list – my being one. We were both on stage and off during the performance.
Trumpeter … … … … Peter White
Trombonist … … … … Alan Hutt
Clarinettist … … … … John Foley
Drummer … … … … Laurie Morgan
Guitarist … … … … Charles Gregory
Many thanks – Charles Gregory

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