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9780486408897

Measure for Measure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486408897

  • ISBN10:

    0486408892

  • Edition: Unabridged
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-11-02
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Shakespeare's vivid dramatic projection of moral and ethical issues in Measure for Measure has given the play great appeal to both readers and theatergoers. Exploring the play's qualities as a complex work of art written specifically for the theater, the introduction to this new edition setsthe play in its historical context, discussing the originality of Shakespeare's treatment of a well-known story. Bawcutt explains the obsolete marriage customs, and also offers a comprehensive account of the text's theatrical afterlife from Restoration adaptations to recent productions.

Author Biography

"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.

Table of Contents

List of characters
Measure for Measure
A problem play?
The writer in his time
The powerful and the powerless
Justice and mercy
Sex and sexuality
The language of Measure for Measure
Setting and staging
William Shakespeare.
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