Measure for Measure (2017)
Produced by
Groundling Theatre Company
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Graham Abbey
Venue
Winter Garden Theatre
Previews
January 25th - 27th, 2017
Run
January 25th, 2017 – February 19th, 2017
Synopsis
Measure for Measure is one of Shakespeare’s darker comedies thought to have been written at the height of his career just before a string of classic tragedies which include Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. The story begins with the Duke of Vienna, in our production a Duchess, who decides to cede power to her deputy Angelo in an effort to restore order and law to a society thought to be overrun with depravity and sexual licence. As one of his first ordinations, Angelo sentences a young man Claudio to death for fornication outside of marriage. Isabella, Claudio’s sister and a nun in training, goes to Angelo to plead for her brother’s life. In response to Isabella’s plea for mercy Angelo offers her an impossible bargain; Claudio’s freedom in exchange for Isabella’s chastity. What follows is a struggle for justice and vindication in the face of extraordinary abuses of power and authority which seem torn from the headlines of our present day newscasts. (groundlingtheatre.com)
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