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  1. Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.

  2. Jul 31, 2015 · Measure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously.

  3. Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare that was first performed in 1604. The play’s structure is based around secret identities and a great deal of manipulation. It is considered a comedy, albeit a particularly dark comedy given its inherent bitterness and cynicism.

  4. About Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. By Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine. Editors of the Folger Shakespeare Library Editions. Measure for Measure is a play rooted deeply in early seventeenth-century culture; at the same time, it retains a powerful hold on the imaginations of modern readers.

  5. Jun 25, 2019 · Read and download Measure for Measure for free. Learn about this Shakespeare play, find scene-by-scene summaries, and discover more Folger resources.

  6. Measure for Measure, a “darkcomedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1603–04 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript of an authorial draft. The play examines the complex interplay of mercy and justice.

  7. Measure for Measure: Entire Play. ACT I. SCENE I. An apartment in the DUKE'S palace. Enter DUKE VINCENTIO, ESCALUS, Lords and Attendants. DUKE VINCENTIO. Escalus. ESCALUS. My lord. DUKE VINCENTIO.

  8. Most audible, even from his proper tongue, 'An Angelo for Claudio, death for death!' 2835. Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; Like doth quit like, and MEASURE still FOR MEASURE. Then, Angelo, thy fault's thus manifested; Which, though thou wouldst deny, denies thee vantage.

  9. Dec 12, 2007 · This text of Measure for Measure is from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare. The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.

  10. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure centers on the fate of Claudio, who is arrested by Lord Angelo, the temporary leader of Vienna. Angelo has been left in charge by the Duke, who pretends to leave town but instead dresses as a friar to observe what goes on in his absence.

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