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Abstract
In director Nick Hutchison's interpretation, the conquering heroes - Don Pedro (James Denvil), Claudio (Dean Alai) and Benedick (P.J. Sosko) - are American officers. Fresh off their military triumph, the trio arrive at the estate sporting wide-legged pants, holsters, bomber jackets and plenty of John Wayne swagger.
As the vulpine Don John, the bastard brother of Don Pedro who conspires to break up the happy union of Claudio and his pretty Hero, Jim Jorgensen, appropriately turned out in a black gangster suit, is the very epitome of evil. Meanwhile, Jim Zidar's Dogberry, the puffed-up local constable, is the ever-humorous British bombast, marching his ragtag band of watchmen around the stage with an air of clueless self-importance.
