Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2015
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-139655-2 (ISBN)

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In the Duke Vincentio's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose fiancee Juliet is pregnant, is condemned to death by the law. His sister Isabella, soon to become a nun, pleads with Lord Angelo for her brother's life.

'Language is his power. His characters are precisely the words they speak' A. S. Byatt

A young man is condemned to death for breaking a law forbidding sex outside marriage. When his sister pleads with the Lord Angelo to save him, he offers her a bargain - her brother's life in exchange for her virginity. One of Shakespeare's most enigmatic plays, Measure for Measure is a morally complex drama of intricate moves and countermoves that explores falsehood, justice and humanity's best and basest instincts.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by J. M. Nosworthy
Introduction by Julia Briggs

William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Julia Briggs was professor of English at De Montfort University in Leicester.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2015
Co-Autor	Nicholas Arnold
Einführung	Julia Briggs
Überarbeitung	Julia Briggs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Gewicht	169 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
ISBN-10	0-14-139655-5 / 0141396555
ISBN-13	978-0-14-139655-2 / 9780141396552
Zustand	Neuware