BMDS Hosts Shakespeare in the Park
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society production of Shakespeare’s well loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing opens July 17th and is performed outdoors in Victoria Park.
The story revolves around two couples, the first, Benedick and Beatrice who are engaged in a “merry war”; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. The second couple, Claudio and Hero, who in contrast, are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another.
By means of gossip and rumour, Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. However, Dogberry, a Constable, discovers the evil trickery of the villain, the bastard Don John. In the end, Don John is captured and everyone else joins in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.
John Zuill, a veteran director of the Bermuda stage, who has recently returned from working in Australia has set his version of Much Ado About Nothing in the 1940’s with the Soldiers returning from WWII.
Tickets ($25) are on sale now at www.bmds.bm or from Daylesford Theatre (292 0848) from July 11 – July 15th, 2011, 5.30pm – 7pm and one hour before curtain. Gates open at 7pm, picnics and blankets are welcome. Seating is unassigned on a first come first serve basis on three sets of bleachers. There will be a bar serving various drinks before curtain and at intermission. Some snacks will be available before the show. There will be an Opening Night After-show party back at Daylesford Theatre for cast & crew and theatre goers!
Performance Dates July 17th – July 24th, 2011
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