Belgian Veel Leven om Niets starred Magda Cnudde as Beatrice. According to one review, the bustle of the farcical tone of the majority of the play drowned out the tension and emotion of the church scene featuring Beatrice's line "Kill Claudio." Christiane von Poelnitz played Beatrice in Viel Lärm um Nichts (German for Much Ado About Nothing) at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 2006. Von Poelnitz's Beatrice was criticized for being unable to keep up with the men in the production. A critic described the show as a "männerverliebtes Männerspiel" (a men's game of men in love). In 2013, Eva Meckbach played Beatrice in the Schaubühne production of Viel Lärm um Nichts. In this production, directed by Marius von Mayenburg, both Beatrice and Benedick sang a lot. UK In the 1700s, a woman known as Frances Abington played Beatrice opposite David Garrick's Benedick. Engravings from the nineteenth century of Anna Cora Ritchie in the role of Beatrice survive, but there is no additional information about Ritchie's performance. In the late nineteenth century, Ellen Terry performed the role of Beatrice opposite Henry Irving's Benedick at the Lyceum. In 1903, Olive Kennett portrayed Beatrice. Two years later, Beatrice was played by H. B. Tree. Maggie Smith played Beatrice at the Old Vic in 1965. This production was broadcast for television in 1967. Felicity Kendal was awarded the Evening Standard Award for "Best Actress" in 1987 for her performance as Beatrice in Elijah Moshinsky's production at the Strand Theatre. At the Royal Shakespeare Company, Beatrice has been played by Googie Withers (1958), Judi Dench (1976), Maggie Steed (1988), Harriet Walter (2002), and Tamsin Greig (2006). Greig was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for "Best Actress" and was the first woman to win the Critic's Circle Theatre Award for 'Best Shakespearean Performance'. In 2007, Zoë Wanamaker played Beatrice in a production at the National Theatre directed by Nicholas Hytner. In 2011, Eve Best played Beatrice at Shakespeare's Globe in a production directed by Jeremy Herrin. The same year, Beatrice was played by Catherine Tate opposite David Tennant's Benedick as directed by Josie Rourke. As part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare Festival in 2012, Meera Syal played Beatrice in a production directed by Iqbal Khan and set in India. In 2013, Vanessa Redgrave played Beatrice at the Old Vic under the direction of Mark Rylance. In 2017, Beatriz Romilly played Beatrice at Shakespeare's