Much Ado About Nothing - 10:15 pm Sunday, October 25 on BBC Four

Maggie Smith — Actor as Beatrice

Michael Byrne — Actor as Claudio

Robert Stephens — Actor as Benedick

Caroline John — Actor as Hero

Derek Jacobi — Actor as Don Pedro

Ronald Pickup — Actor as Don John

Denis De Marne — Actor as A Lord

Gerald James — Actor as Leonato

Harry Lomax — Actor as Antonio

Wynne Clark — Actor as Ursula

Carolyn Johns — Actor as Margaret

Edward Petherbridge — Actor as Conrade

David Hargreaves — Actor as Borachio

Graham Crowden — Actor as Verges

Neil Fitzpatrick — Actor as Balthasar

Frank Finlay — Actor as Dogberry

Paul Curran — Actor as Friar Francis

Barry Evans — Actor as Coffee boy

John McEnery — Actor as A gentleman

Malcolm Reynolds — Actor as The Messenger

Chloe Ashcroft — Actor as Women of Leonato's household

David Ryall — Actor as The sexton

Mary Griffiths — Actor as Women of Leonato's household

Roger Kemp — Actor as First watchman

Ron Pember — Actor as Second watchman

David Belcher — Actor as Other watchmen

Mike Gambon — Actor as Other watchmen

John Hallam — Actor as Other watchmen

Christopher Timothy — Actor as Server

Malcolm Hall — Actor as Trumpeter

Alan Hutt — Actor as Trombonist

John Foley — Actor as Clarinettist

Laurie Morgan — Actor as Drummer

Rod Willmott — Actor as Guitarist

Alan Adams — Actor as The Inanimates

Janina Faye — Actor as The Inanimates

Kay Gallie — Actor as The Inanimates

Luke Hardy — Actor as The Inanimates

Roy Holder — Actor as The Inanimates

Louise Purnell — Actor as The Inanimates

William Shakespeare — Writer

Cedric Messina — Producer

Alan Cooke — Director

Much Ado About Nothing Cast & Crew