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Measure for Measure
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Director: Dominic Dromgoole
Year: 2015
Year: 2015
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'The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.'
Injustice, hypocrisy and the challenge of inflexible virtue combine in Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of sexual politics and social justice.
Synopsis
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna, disgusted by the immorality in his city, announces his withdrawal from public life and leaves his deputy, the puritanical Angelo, in charge. Angelo, in his zeal for observing the letter of the law, begins a ruthless programme to stamp out sexual licence, in the course of which he condemns one Claudio to death. Surely Claudio’s virginal sister Isabella, a novice nun seeking mercy for her brother, could not awake the lust of this cold, censorious man?
Running time: 155 mins
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Creative
Director:
Dominic DromgooleChoreographer:
Sian WilliamsDesigner:
Jonathan FensomFight Director:
Kevin McCurdyDirected for the screen:
Ross MacGibbonCast
Isabella:
Mariah GaleAngelo:
Kurt EgyiawanJuliet:
Naana Agyei-AmpaduPompey:
Trevor FoxFroth/Friar Thomas:
Dennis HerdmanMariana:
Rosie HilalAbhorson/Friar Peter:
James LaileyClaudio:
Joel MacCormackMistress Overdone:
Petra MasseyLucio:
Brendan O'HeaEscalus:
Paul RiderDuke Vincentio:
Dominic RowanProvost:
Dickon TyrrellElbow/Barnadine:
Dean Nolan -
What you have to say
Mary Hamer @mary_hamer
@The_Globe groundlings challenged by pimps and whores before Measure for Measure. A humane production urges us to accept an imperfect world
Mary Hamer @mary_hamer
Measure for Measure @The_Globe ramps up the comedy to riot: suddenly the play makes sense, not 'a problem' at all but totally subversive!
Cam Robertson @CamRobertson99
Problem, what problem? Measure for Measure @The_Globe was sheer pleasure. A triumph for all involved. Last days of a superb season.
Jude Cook @judecook_
'I will encounter darkness as a bride'. Outstanding, bawdy, profound performance of Measure for Measure @The_Globe
Shakespeare116Films @Shakey116films
MEASURE FOR MEASURE @The_Globe is simply sensational. Miss it at your peril. Huge congrats to cast and crew for "solving it"
Lucy Brooks @LucyKateBrooks
The infuriatingly problematic Measure for Measure has zest & depth @The_Globe with nuanced performances from Mariah Gale and Dominic Rowan.
David Cleary @dpcleary
Measure For Measure: classic Globe production, played with gusto, finely entwined bawdy humour and dark moral dilemma, prob pick of season.
Olivia Tellier @LiversTellier
“Measure For Measure” at the Globe Theatre was simply amazing.
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