
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.

Maggie Smith
Beatrice

Robert Stephens
Benedick

Frank Finlay
Dogberry

Michael Byrne
Claudio

Caroline John
Hero

Derek Jacobi
Don John

Ronald Pickup
Don Pedro

Denis DeMarne
A Lord

Gerald James
Leonato
Harry Lomax
Antonio
Wynne Clark
Ursula

Carolyn Jones
Margaret

National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business
National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinema Twain
Cinema Twain

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors

National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

The Gin Game
The Gin Game

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln