The Universal Passion

About the show

The Universal Passion is a 1737 comedy play by the British writer James Miller. It is a reworking of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The original Drury Lane cast included William Milward as Gratiano, William Mills as Bellario, James Quin as Protheus, Theophilus Cibber as Joculo, Edward Berry as Byron, Richard Winstone as Gremio, John Harper as Porco, Charles Macklin as Asino, Kitty Clive as Liberia and Hannah Pritchard as Delia.