I just watched Joss Whedon's version of "Much Ado About Nothing" a few weeks ago. It was quite good. It's Probably the play of his which I have seen and read the most times. The cast and set were done up in a modern fashion. Because most the male characters are returning from a war and the dialog makes you think it was a pretty local type war I made them all into mobsters fighting a mob war in my head to get pass the disconnect of slick suited warriors. I especially enjoy one joke from the play. Benedict is listing all the qualities a women must have to win his heart and it's a pretty out of control list. After painting a totally idealized unobtainable vision for his the woman he could love eh says something along the lines of "and her hair, her hair can be whatever color god should choose." I remember laughing at that when I was a kid, still gets me today.