Measure for Measure
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Author: Shakespeare, William
Brand: Penguin
Color: Blue
Edition: UK ed.
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 224
Release Date: 25-08-2015
Part Number: 9780141396552
Details:
Labelled as a 'problem play' for its marriage of comic overtones to serious moral inquiry, William Shakespeare's 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 Vincentio's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose fiancée Juliet is pregnant, is condemned to death by the law. His sister Isabella, soon to become a nun, pleads with Lord Angelo for her brother's 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 Shakespeare's 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 commentary.
EAN: 9780141396552
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
