No Shakespeare comedy depends on spontaneous romantic combustion as crucially as does "Much Ado About Nothing." Yes, "The Taming of the Shrew's" Kate and Petruchio must fall desperately in love with a ruckus, and Rosalind has to agonize over Orlando " and "like it." But the permutations of affectionate loathing that Beatrice and Benedick express for each other on the way to nuptial bliss illuminate the most satisfyin…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:07PM on December 6, 2011