Claudio, a favourite of the prince, is planning to marry. The prince chooses Hero, the wealthy and beauteous daughter of the governor of Messina.

The prince’s younger brother, the jealous Don John, cannot abide the idea that his brother’s plans appear to come to fruition.His servant, the quick-witted and unscrupulous Borachio, is ready to smear sweet and innocent Hero to make her seem unworthy of marrying a lord. So he offers to seduce Hero’s maid, Margaret, and to persuade her to let him make a home porn video about their tryst. But the recording is of no use unless the maid looks like her mistress in it, which would thus deceive everyone into believing they have seen evidence of Hero’s disgrace. Shakespeare’s original text is the forest; we are hiding behind its trees.