Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones reunited in Mark Rylance-directed Much Ado Mark Rylance is to direct Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic. The actors, who starred together in Driving Miss Daisy in the West End and on Broadway, will play sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick in the Shakespearean comedy. It will be a different take on the tale of young lovers, as Redgrave is 75 and Jones 81. Jones is known to Star Wars fans as the voice of Darth Vader. He has played the lead in Shakespeare plays including Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. Redgrave starred in the Ralph Fiennes film Coriolanus last year and most recently appeared in comic-drama Song for Marion by Paul Andrew Williams. Former artistic director of the Globe, Rlyance won numerous awards for Jerusalem's Johnny "Rooster" Byron at the Royal Court and is currently starring in the Globe's all-male productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night. Artistic director Kevin Spacey said: "What an exciting prospect to see the wonderful Mark Rylance direct supreme actors Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in Much Ado about Nothing. We are honoured that Mark is bringing his unique talent to The Old Vic. Much Ado About Nothing will preview from 7 September 2013 opening on 19 September. Other highlights of the Old Vic's 2013 season include Lindsay Posner directing Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy, based on the true story of a father's fight to clear his son's name, which will open in March 2013. Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall will make a return to the West End to appear in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth directed by Marianne Elliott next June.