THERE ’ S A CHANCE to see one of Shakespeare ’ s best-loved comedies in Hemel Hempstead this month .
That ’ s when Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company presents MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Boxmoor Playhouse .
There ’ s romance , high drama and comedy taking place after a band of army officers and men come home for some R & R at the end of a successful military campaign . Shakespeare doesn ’ t tell us the name of the war and , although the play was originally set in Italy , it ’ s very easy to time-switch it to round about 1919 , with the soldiers coming back from serving in World War One , probably in France .
That ’ s what HHTC has decided to do , interweaving the action with contemporary music , both well-known soldiers ’ songs and even a bit of jazz .
The scene is set in summer , in the grounds of an English country house and most of the soldiers seem happily unscathed by their experiences . But one does not ; and the combination of wartime injury and trauma , combined with family resentment , leads him to hatch a particularly mean plot to upset the happiness of others .
Come and see if they succeed ! There are performances at 7.45 pm from Wednesday , September 18 to Saturday , September 21 and there is also a Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm . It ’ s very easy to book through the HHTC website , with a small booking fee .
HHTC is using a small thrust stage as well as the main stage , so , if you fancy a really intimate stage experience , there are a few seats on either side which will get you very close to the actors !
Unfortunately , this is only discovered accidentally by a band of hopeful but hopeless amateur policemen ; and tension builds as they try ( mostly unsuccessfully ) to bring the news to the proper authorities .
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