
Measure for Measure
Synopsis
His city caught in a moral free-fall, the Duke of Vienna hands over power to Lord Angelo, who enforces long-dormant codes of chastity with zealous fervor. When a pious young nun pleads for the life of her condemned brother, Angeloβs response reveals a web of desire, deception and hypocrisy that infects every corner of society. Robert Fallsβ daring production takes us into the heart of Shakespeareβs dark comedy, in which virtue and vice collideβand lust and the law are inextricably entwined.
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