Famous actors have appeared as this play´s sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick´s time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the play´s concerns with sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception.
