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title: "Much Ado About Nothing: cast and crew"
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# Much Ado About Nothing (1993): cast and crew

22 cast and 33 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md) as Beatrice
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md) as Benedick
- [Kate Beckinsale](https://film.one/person/kate-beckinsale.md) as Hero
- [Denzel Washington](https://film.one/person/denzel-washington.md) as Don Pedro
- [Michael Keaton](https://film.one/person/michael-keaton.md) as Dogberry
- [Keanu Reeves](https://film.one/person/keanu-reeves.md) as Don John
- [Robert Sean Leonard](https://film.one/person/robert-sean-leonard.md) as Claudio
- [Richard Briers](https://film.one/person/richard-briers.md) as Signor Leonato
- [Imelda Staunton](https://film.one/person/imelda-staunton.md) as Margaret
- [Jimmy Yuill](https://film.one/person/jimmy-yuill.md) as Friar Francis
- [Brian Blessed](https://film.one/person/brian-blessed.md) as Antonio
- [Phyllida Law](https://film.one/person/phyllida-law.md) as Ursula
- [Patrick Doyle](https://film.one/person/patrick-doyle.md) as Balthazar
- [Ben Elton](https://film.one/person/ben-elton.md) as Verges
- Andy Hockley as George Seacole
- Chris Barnes as Francis Seacole
- Conrad Nelson as Hugh Oatcake
- [Alex Lowe](https://film.one/person/alex-lowe.md) as Messenger
- Richard Clifford as Conrade
- Gerard Horan as Borachio
- Alex Scott as The Boy
- Edward Jewesbury as Sexton

## Directing

- Andrew Marcus: Second Unit Director
- Justin Muller: Second Assistant Director
- [Christopher Newman](https://film.one/person/christopher-newman.md): First Assistant Director
- Carl Oprey: Second Assistant Director
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md): Director

## Writing

- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md): Writer
- William Shakespeare: Theatre Play

## Production

- Mark Cooper: Production Supervisor
- Rosanna Roditi: Production Manager
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md): Producer
- [Stephen Evans](https://film.one/person/stephen-evans.md): Producer
- [David Parfitt](https://film.one/person/david-parfitt.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Roger Lanser](https://film.one/person/roger-lanser.md): Director of Photography
- Simon Finney: Clapper Loader

## Editing

- [Andrew Marcus](https://film.one/person/andrew-marcus.md): Editor
- Michael Trent: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Patrick Doyle](https://film.one/person/patrick-doyle.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Tim Harvey](https://film.one/person/tim-harvey.md): Production Design
- [Martin Childs](https://film.one/person/martin-childs.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Phyllis Dalton](https://film.one/person/phyllis-dalton.md): Costume Designer
- Kylie Clarke: Hairdresser
- Paul Engelen: Makeup Supervisor
- Geraldine Jones: Hairdresser
- Deborah Lanser: Makeup Artist
- Tracey Lee: Makeup Artist
- Suzanne Stokes-Munton: Hairdresser
- [Stephanie Collie](https://film.one/person/stephanie-collie.md): Wardrobe Assistant
- Susan Coates: Costume Assistant
- Lorraine Cooksley: Costume Assistant
- Naomi Critcher: Wardrobe Assistant
- Jennifer Graham: Costume Assistant
- Jane Hamilton: Assistant Costume Designer
- Stephen Miles: Assistant Costume Designer

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