Darkling

Much Ado
about Nothing

Nothing

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Named Desire

The Real
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Much Ado About Nothing

With the ambitious Much Ado About Nothing, Michael Comlish explored the darker aspects of the play that scholars like Ted Hughes and Harold Bloom have pointed to. He cast the pundit Andrew Sullivan as Benedick, and focused on the issues of marriage an nihilism found in the title. The production, which was very controversial in the press post-911, was set in three distinct spaces at the sprawling Clark Street Theater across from the Pentagon. The production was highlighted in The New Yorker Talk of the Town section.

Andrew Sullivan as Benedick

Talk of the town
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