In Scene 1 of that act, the other female characters in the play allow her to overhear a conversation in which they describe how mean Beatrice is to Benedick, who is madly in love with her. Beatrice then believes what she has heard.
Beatrice is Leonato's "Niece" (Act 2, Scene 1, line 337) and the "cousin" (Act 1, Scene 1, line 190) of Leonato's daughter, Hero. But things are vague; Leonato has a brother, Antonio, but he isn't the father of Beatrice.
Clarification needed. In a movie version? On stage at some particular time and place? When it was first performed in 1599? Movie in 1993 - Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson played Beatrice in the 1994 film of Much Ado about Nothing.
They are cousins: Beatrice's father was Leonato's brother.
Beatrice is a main character in Much Ado About Nothing.
Much Ado to Nothing
leonato father to hero and guardian\uncle to beatrice
Emma Thompson played Beatrice in the acclaimed 1994 Kenneth Branagh film.
Emma Thompson played Beatrice in the 1994 film of Much Ado about Nothing.
They are cousins: Beatrice's father was Leonato's brother.
Beatrice is a main character in Much Ado About Nothing.
Beatrice
Yes they are.
Much ado about nothing by William shakespeare
Much Ado to Nothing
Beatrice is. And vice versa.
He overhears that Beatrice loves him.
leonato father to hero and guardian\uncle to beatrice
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