Measure for Measure
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Publisher Description
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this powerful play that explores sexual hypocrisy and questions morality at all levels of society. This volume also includes more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including:
• an original Introduction to Measure for Measure
• incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work
• commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers
• photographs of key RSC productions
• an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronology of his plays
Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.
Customer Reviews
A Little Too Close to Home
The ending certainly brings justice, but does it really? It corrects a few injustices, but I feel like it just continues the tyranny that created this whole situation to begin with. The ending just wasn’t enough to redeem this play for me. There were some great, strong, female characters who really carried the play and made it worth continuing and finishing. Shakespeare is clearly commenting on Puritan ruled society here, but that doesn’t really make this play any easier to stomach, especially with current events.