There's `Much Ado' about Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's summer production on Boston Common

In the world of Much Ado About Nothing, a war has ended and the battle-weary people of the mythical Messina are trying to move on.

``I guess this is my aspirational piece,'' says director Steve Maler of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's ninth annual summer production, which opens Saturday on Boston Common. ``After directing two plays about war and strife (Henry V and Macbeth), I'm trying to imagine a world beyind conflicts, beyond dangers and darkness.''