Measure for Measure
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Labelled as a problem play for its marriage of comic overtones to serious moral inquiry, William Shakespeares Measure for Measure is a peerless black comedy of justice, pride and desire. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by J.M. Nosworthy with an introduction by Julia Briggs. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall In the Duke Vincentios absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose fiancee Juliet is pregnant, is condemned to death by the law. His sister Isabella, soon to become a nun, pleads with Lord Angelo for her brothers life. But her purity so excites Angelo that he offers her a monstrous bargain he will save Claudio if Isabella will visit him that night. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeares life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Measure for Measure, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commen
Author:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Cover:
Paperback
Language:
ENG
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
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