This is a wonderful production and it's really hard to find fault with it - except that, as in just about any production, the energy flags a little when Benedict and Beatrice aren't on stage (or screen).
That's not to cast any aspersions on the supporting cast - they're all fine, but Tate and Tennant are simply luminous as the wit-cracking hate-to-love couple and the writing (sorry Will) isn't nearly as good for any of the other characters. But Beatrice and Benedict have some of Shakespeare's finest comedy writing and Tate and Tennant deliver it with panache and occasional moments of clumsy; shamefaced tenderness. It's very very funny and quite simply a delight.
That's not to cast any aspersions on the supporting cast - they're all fine, but Tate and Tennant are simply luminous as the wit-cracking hate-to-love couple and the writing (sorry Will) isn't nearly as good for any of the other characters. But Beatrice and Benedict have some of Shakespeare's finest comedy writing and Tate and Tennant deliver it with panache and occasional moments of clumsy; shamefaced tenderness. It's very very funny and quite simply a delight.