royal shakespeare company presents

Measure for Measure

Name: Measure for Measure
Uploaded: 2023-03-17T11:09:04.931Z
Duration: 2 h 27 min 58 s
Description: Vienna is teeming with brothels and loose morality, but the Duke doesn't want to use his authority to clean up the city. He departs, dressed as a friar, leaving his deputy, Angelo, in charge. Angelo is at first reluctant, but he soon starts to make changes.

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Vienna is teeming with brothels and loose morality, but the Duke doesn't want to use his authority to clean up the city. He departs, dressed as a friar, leaving his deputy, Angelo, in charge. Angelo is at first reluctant, but he soon starts to make changes.

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“Directed by Gregory Doran, the production is celebrated for its laser-sharp focus on the play's moral complexities, drawing direct parallels to modern conversations about consent and institutional corruption. The staging relocates to Vienna in 1900, a world of grand palaces, decadent underworlds, and Freudian psychology, providing a perfect cultural backdrop for a play about power and desire.”
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Measure for Measure

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