Vincentio The duke Angelo The duke’s deputy Escalus An old lord Claudio A young gentleman Lucio A fantastic Thomas and Peter Two friars Varrius A gentleman attending Duke Vincentio Elbow A simple constable Froth A foolish gentleman Pompey A clown; servant to Mistress Overdone Abhorson An executioner Barnardine A dissolute […]
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Measure for Measure is known to have been performed by Shakespeare’s company at the Court of James I on December 26, 1604. It is generally presumed to have been written in the same year. The earliest printed text appeared in the First Folio, published in 1623. Confusions and imperfections in […]
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The duke, Vincentio, deputizing Angelo to act in his place, leaves Vienna, purportedly to make a journey but in fact to disguise himself as a friar and return to Vienna to watch events transpire. Moral corruption is general in the city where the duke has been lax in enforcing laws […]
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