Benedick A loyal friend and comrade of Claudio He is Secretly in love with Beatrice Beatrice The lovely cousin of Hero and niece of Leonato She is always teasing Benedick but is secretly in love with him Spoiler alert The play MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTh Ng is known as one of William Shakespeare's comedies which means that though there may be some trouble during the story it has a happy ending
Claudio A young soldier who is kind but easily fooled He is engaged to be married to Hero Hero The beautiful and loving daughter of Leonato She is engaged to be married to Claudio Setting On the island of Sicily in the town of Messina Italy
Don Pedro A generous kind nobleman and longtime friend of Leonato Don John The cranky jealous half brother of Don Pedro who is always stirring up trouble
Leonato The respected governor of Messina and Hero's father Dogberry The chief of police or constable of Messina He is very kind and good at his job but is Sometimes hard to understand because he gets his words mixed up Margaret Hero's naive maid who happens to be madly in love with Borachio Borachio The very mischievous and conniving friend of Don John And so our story begins
