His lover? Fellow Marvel star Hayley Atwell as Beatrice, who attempts to resist charms that large sections of the audience clearly can’t. The previous instalment of Lloyd’s hubristic season of ...

Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston are currently playing Beatrice and Benedict the sharp-witted sparring friends in Much Ado About Nothing on stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.

The moment Tom Hiddleston’s Benedick clasps Hayley Atwell’s Beatrice to his six-pack there is a roar of approval from the audience. Director Jamie Lloyd’s second production of his Shakespeare season ...