In the amphitheater at St. Columba’s, where a local production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” opened on Saturday, one line gets a big laugh, just as it must have in London in 1599: “I think this is your daughter,” one man says to another, indicating a young woman he hasn’t met. “Her mother hath many times told me so,” the second man retorts.
Outdoor theater is an ancient summertime tradition, drawing everyone from…