There is at least one good DVD version out there, I remember really enjoying Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Benedick and Beatrice. Liza reminds me Keanu was in it. Haha. The BBC modern Shakespeare version was goodish, Billie Piper was Hero and it was set on a TV news show.
I have just discovered an audio drama version with Rex Harrison (Henry Higgins) as Benedick, it's completely wonderful! And a BBC Radio recording with David Tennant doing his Scot thing. This is a handy way to access Shakespeare. You can read it to yourself but you have to be a pretty good reader to comprehend it. It's best to see it because it's easiest to understand if you can see the action. But listening to it is a pretty good experience.
Right now you can see the Bell Shakespeare production. The music, costume and simple set are perfect, as always. The cast are beautiful, particularly the male cast. The women jarred a little bit for me at first, they seemed a bit affected, their voices were silly or they wiggled their hips too much or something, but the men were spot on - the tall guy who faked Hero's betrayal was sinisterly funny, the evil Don was wonderfully slimy, the good Don was beautifully gentlemanly, Claudio was just like Marius in Les Mis, and Benedick stole the show: his physical comedy was brilliant, it was so sweet watching him confuse himself into being in love, the entire audience adored him. So it's all very entertaining, go and see it. Tickets are $30 if you are under 30.
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