Dear Hearts: I adore this production.Edward Bennett gives Benedick a beautiful vulnerability and shows how Benedick has to mature very quickly. Michelle Terry is a force to be reckoned with and her protrayal of Beatrice is luminous. Will be ordering the DVD shortly. All Love
The more I see this play performed, the more I wonder Why did Hero go back to Claudio? He chose to believe others without even talking to her, then humiliated her. At this point, Claudio no longer deserves her.
Claudio had indeed done everything to Hero that Beatrice said he did. He ruined her entire future because he believed gossip over her own word, and did it in one of the most cruel and cowardly ways possible. By the end of the play, we are to understand that Claudio has utterly repented of this grievous injustice, and is willing to do anything to-perhaps not make it right, because he can’t, but to do anything Hero’s family would ask him for as recompense. Does this actually happen in real life? I don’t know; I’ve never seen the like. But in the text of the play, he has repented and therefore changed entirely. He is asked to marry Hero’s relation, thus still legally binding himself as a provider for that family as he had formerly promised with his betrothal to Hero. He agrees, no matter what. At the end, Hero is revealed to be alive: she forgives him, and (because this is a Shakespeare comedy, and all has been set right in the story) we know that he will never act toward her with anything but love and respect again. Also, it’s worth noting the social commentary in the play that it’s a good thing Claudio did repent, because he’s Hero’s only option at this point. A lot of stories will have a happy ending, but still teach the reality that it usually does not go so well in real life. This is one of those stories.
@@katherinec6031A thoughtful comment! I recently saw a production in which Hero takes a deep breath and slaps Claudio before forgiving him - and he bends his head, accepting it. It worked for me.
In more modern adaptations this is, in my opinion, the hardest thing to adapt. Why on EARTH if it wasn't Shakespeare's times with Elizabethean morals would Hero EVER go back to Claudio? The only answer is that they're deeply deeply in love but that is a HARD sell after what he does and a lot of adaptations totally flub it.
How i wish that Derek Jacobi and Sinead Cusack's warring couple had been filmed! I saw that magical production 3 times at stratford and 2 times at the Barbican.
Exeunt all but BENEDICK and BEATRICE BENEDICK Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while? BEATRICE Yea, and I will weep a while longer. BENEDICK I will not desire that. BEATRICE You have no reason, I do it freely. BENEDICK Surely I do believe your fair cousin is wronged. BEATRICE Ah, how much might the man deserve of me that would right her! BENEDICK Is there any way to show such friendship? BEATRICE A very even way, but no such friend. BENEDICK May a man do it? BEATRICE It is a man’s office, but not yours. BENEDICK I do love nothing in the world so well as you - is not that strange? BEATRICE As strange as the thing I know not. It were as possible for me to say I loved nothing so well as you, but believe me not; and yet I lie not; I confess nothing, nor I deny nothing. I am sorry for my cousin. BENEDICK By my sword, Beatrice, thou lovest me. BEATRICE Do not swear, and eat it. BENEDICK I will swear by it that you love me, and I will make him eat it that says I love not you. BEATRICE Will you not eat your word? BENEDICK With no sauce that can be devised to it. I protest I love thee. BEATRICE Why, then, God forgive me! BENEDICK What offence, sweet Beatrice? BEATRICE You have stayed me in a happy hour: I was about to protest I loved you. BENEDICK And do it with all thy heart. BEATRICE I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. BENEDICK Come, bid me do any thing for thee. BEATRICE Kill Claudio. BENEDICK Ha! not for the wide world! BEATRICE You kill me to deny it. Farewell. BENEDICK Tarry, sweet Beatrice. BEATRICE I am gone, though I am here; there is no love in you; nay I pray you let me go. BENEDICK Beatrice - BEATRICE In faith, I will go. BENEDICK We’ll be friends first. BEATRICE You dare easier be friends with me than fight with mine enemy. BENEDICK Is Claudio thine enemy? BEATRICE Is he not approved in the height a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman? O that I were a man! What, bear her in hand until they come to take hands, and then with public accusation, uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour - O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place. BENEDICK Hear me, Beatrice - BEATRICE Talk with a man out at a window! A proper saying! BENEDICK Nay, but Beatrice - BEATRICE Sweet Hero! She is wronged, she is slandered, she is undone. BENEDICK Beat- BEATRICE Princes and counties! Surely, a princely testimony, a goodly count, Count Comfect; a sweet gallant surely! O that I were a man for his sake, or that I had any friend would be a man for my sake! But manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it. I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving. BENEDICK Tarry, good Beatrice. By this hand, I love thee. BEATRICE Use it for my love some other way than swearing by it. BENEDICK Think you in your soul the Count Claudio hath wronged Hero? BEATRICE Yea, as sure as I have a thought, or a soul. BENEDICK Enough! I am engaged, I will challenge him. I will kiss your hand, and so I leave you. By this hand, Claudio shall render me a dear account. As you hear of me, so think of me. Go, comfort your cousin; I must say she is dead: and so farewell. Exeunt
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So good. They are wonderful together. Powerful, charming, funny, real. What more could you want.
Dear Hearts: I adore this production.Edward Bennett gives Benedick a beautiful vulnerability and shows how Benedick has to mature very quickly. Michelle Terry is a force to be reckoned with and her protrayal of Beatrice is luminous. Will be ordering the DVD shortly. All Love
@Toby Jones I don't remember if I got the DVD at Amazon or the RSC online store. One can search Royal Shakespeare Company. All Love
@Toby Jones you will love watching this....so happy that you were able to get the DVD. All Love
watching this version has ruined all the other versions.... best acting i have ever seen... emotions so raw
So Wonderful! These two are great together!
Terry is a phenom.
They're good Holy crap 🔥
The more I see this play performed, the more I wonder Why did Hero go back to Claudio? He chose to believe others without even talking to her, then humiliated her. At this point, Claudio no longer deserves her.
Claudio had indeed done everything to Hero that Beatrice said he did. He ruined her entire future because he believed gossip over her own word, and did it in one of the most cruel and cowardly ways possible.
By the end of the play, we are to understand that Claudio has utterly repented of this grievous injustice, and is willing to do anything to-perhaps not make it right, because he can’t, but to do anything Hero’s family would ask him for as recompense. Does this actually happen in real life? I don’t know; I’ve never seen the like. But in the text of the play, he has repented and therefore changed entirely. He is asked to marry Hero’s relation, thus still legally binding himself as a provider for that family as he had formerly promised with his betrothal to Hero. He agrees, no matter what. At the end, Hero is revealed to be alive: she forgives him, and (because this is a Shakespeare comedy, and all has been set right in the story) we know that he will never act toward her with anything but love and respect again.
Also, it’s worth noting the social commentary in the play that it’s a good thing Claudio did repent, because he’s Hero’s only option at this point. A lot of stories will have a happy ending, but still teach the reality that it usually does not go so well in real life. This is one of those stories.
@@katherinec6031A thoughtful comment! I recently saw a production in which Hero takes a deep breath and slaps Claudio before forgiving him - and he bends his head, accepting it. It worked for me.
In more modern adaptations this is, in my opinion, the hardest thing to adapt. Why on EARTH if it wasn't Shakespeare's times with Elizabethean morals would Hero EVER go back to Claudio? The only answer is that they're deeply deeply in love but that is a HARD sell after what he does and a lot of adaptations totally flub it.
How i wish that Derek Jacobi and Sinead Cusack's warring couple had been filmed! I saw that magical production 3 times at stratford and 2 times at the Barbican.
Bravo! Excellent work! The 17th Earl of Oxford would be astonished.
Exeunt all but BENEDICK and BEATRICE
BENEDICK
Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while?
BEATRICE
Yea, and I will weep a while longer.
BENEDICK
I will not desire that.
BEATRICE
You have no reason, I do it freely.
BENEDICK
Surely I do believe your fair cousin is wronged.
BEATRICE
Ah, how much might the man deserve of me that would right her!
BENEDICK
Is there any way to show such friendship?
BEATRICE
A very even way, but no such friend.
BENEDICK
May a man do it?
BEATRICE
It is a man’s office, but not yours.
BENEDICK
I do love nothing in the world so well as you - is
not that strange?
BEATRICE
As strange as the thing I know not. It were as
possible for me to say I loved nothing so well as
you, but believe me not; and yet I lie not; I
confess nothing, nor I deny nothing. I am sorry for my cousin.
BENEDICK
By my sword, Beatrice, thou lovest me.
BEATRICE
Do not swear, and eat it.
BENEDICK
I will swear by it that you love me, and I will make
him eat it that says I love not you.
BEATRICE
Will you not eat your word?
BENEDICK
With no sauce that can be devised to it. I protest
I love thee.
BEATRICE
Why, then, God forgive me!
BENEDICK
What offence, sweet Beatrice?
BEATRICE
You have stayed me in a happy hour: I was about to
protest I loved you.
BENEDICK
And do it with all thy heart.
BEATRICE
I love you with so much of my heart that none is
left to protest.
BENEDICK
Come, bid me do any thing for thee.
BEATRICE
Kill Claudio.
BENEDICK
Ha! not for the wide world!
BEATRICE
You kill me to deny it. Farewell.
BENEDICK
Tarry, sweet Beatrice.
BEATRICE
I am gone, though I am here; there is no love in
you; nay I pray you let me go.
BENEDICK
Beatrice -
BEATRICE
In faith, I will go.
BENEDICK
We’ll be friends first.
BEATRICE
You dare easier be friends with me than fight with mine enemy.
BENEDICK
Is Claudio thine enemy?
BEATRICE
Is he not approved in the height a villain, that
hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman? O
that I were a man! What, bear her in hand until they
come to take hands, and then with public
accusation, uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour
- O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart
in the market-place.
BENEDICK
Hear me, Beatrice -
BEATRICE
Talk with a man out at a window! A proper saying!
BENEDICK
Nay, but Beatrice -
BEATRICE
Sweet Hero! She is wronged, she is slandered, she is undone.
BENEDICK
Beat-
BEATRICE
Princes and counties! Surely, a princely testimony,
a goodly count, Count Comfect; a sweet gallant
surely! O that I were a man for his sake, or that I
had any friend would be a man for my sake! But
manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into
compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and
trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules
that only tells a lie and swears it. I cannot be a
man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.
BENEDICK
Tarry, good Beatrice. By this hand, I love thee.
BEATRICE
Use it for my love some other way than swearing by it.
BENEDICK
Think you in your soul the Count Claudio hath wronged Hero?
BEATRICE
Yea, as sure as I have a thought, or a soul.
BENEDICK
Enough! I am engaged, I will challenge him. I will
kiss your hand, and so I leave you. By this hand,
Claudio shall render me a dear account. As you
hear of me, so think of me. Go, comfort your
cousin; I must say she is dead: and so farewell.
Exeunt
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