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Measure for Measure
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His sister, Isabella (a nun-in-training), however, is a very persuasive pleader. She goes to Angelo, but instead of ...
1979-02-18
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.
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#MeasureForMeasure is a strange play with little comedy, much grim behavior, but a tragedy averted & a happy ending of sorts...it's an unpleasant but fascinating play about how power corrupts moral rectitude, how tyranny begets hypocrisy