Watching a couple that intensely dislikes each other argue, bicker, and disagree can be amusing if the barbs are written by William Shakespeare, the greatest dramatic wit that ever lived. When we witness such a pair fall madly in love as they insult each other, their romantic sparring becomes hilarious. Never has “opposites attract” been delivered with such howling laughter as in Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” now in an exceptionally entertaining revival at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Benedick (Mark Bedard, L) clings to a tree while talking with Claudio (Samuel B. Jackson), in "Much Ado About Nothing." Kyle Flubacker
