Hollywood stars join hands for Shakespeare

Some Hollywood stars are set to act in a Shakespearean classic for charity.

Los Angeles: In a unique collaboration Hollywood stars like Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts and Keanu Reeves have joined hands to act in Shakespearean classic `Much Ado About Nothing`, which will be a one-off charity performance. The actors will read The Bard`s famous play at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California on 12th of April, along with Martin Sheen and Helen Hunt, with music from veteran rocker Jackson Browne, a news daily reported.

The show is part of an endeavour for the 20th Annual Simply Shakespeare Celebrity Reading to raise money for the Shakespeare Centre Los Angeles, an organisation which creates literary programs to help impoverished young people in the city. The comedy concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. The reading will mark a second appearance for Reeves in the play as he previously starred as Don John in the 1993 movie version with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. PTI