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Shakespeare plays BENEDICK on stage

A view of the stage, with a sign telling us that we are in the city of Messina in Sicily. Shakespeare is centre-stage, performing as Benedick dressed in Elizabethan style. He looks cheerful as he is led off in a hurry by Beatrice, who herself is being hastened along by an anxious maid

[Enter Ursula]

URSULA Madam, you must come to your uncle - there's much turmoil at home. It is proved my Lady Hero hath been falsely accused, the Prince and Claudio mightily abused, and Don John is the author of all, who is fled and gone. Will you come at once?

BEATRICE Will you go hear this news, signior?

BENEDICK I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes; and moreover, I will go with thee to thy uncle's.

[Exeunt]

Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 2

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