We did watch Much Ado About Nothing last night, and those who watched enjoyed it thoroughly. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson do make such a good pair, and I agree with whoever said that it’s a shame that their real-life marriage broke up.

Tonight is Romeo and Juliet. I think I chose it because it sort of goes with Much Ado: similar themes, but one ends happily and the other tragically. In the midst of the comedy there’s a family feud and deception and dueling and a near-tragedy. People jump to conclusions just as they do in Romeo and Juliet, and the good almost die young.

Dancer Daughter said she thinks Shakespeare had a thing about people pretending to be dead. I think he had a thing about people pretending to be other people, but that’s another post and several other plays.