Measure for Measure
$22.24
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2000
Summary
One of Shakespeare’s “dark comedies,” Measure for Measure is as noteworthy for its fascinating political and social implications as for its compelling characters: a duke masquerading as a monk, a would-be nun ordered to sacrifice her chastity to save her brother’s life, and a self-righteous courtier, professing his incorruptibility while concealing a depraved private life.
In this engrossing drama set in 16th-century Vienna, Duke Vincentio attempts to enforce the city’s long-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486408897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486408892 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 80g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 132mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Thrift Editions |
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William Shakespeare
“He was not of an age, but for all time,” declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson’s praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.
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