Comments on: Measure for Measure Summary

By: Rev. Elizabeth Metcalfe

Rev. Elizabeth Metcalfe — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:26:28 +0000

In reply to Cinnamon Mason. warning: Spoiler alert for FreeWill Shakespeare festival in Edmonton AB. Went to a production of this last night that had a lot of gender bending. The Provost, and Deputy were played as women. At the end after the Dukes proposal to Isabella, she walked to the front of the stage, and stripped to her slip under her habit. As she did so the other women (the brothal keeper, prostitutes, provost and deputy) in the play surrounded her and together they chanted “Who would believe me?” “Who would believe me?” Over and over again. Then together they all screamed and left through the audience. It was brilliant and cleared up a lot of the ambiguity

By: Cinnamon Mason

Cinnamon Mason — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:29:12 +0000

You left out the most important part: something so chilling and prescient that over four hundred years later women are still victimized by it. When Isabella admonishes Angelo and says that she will tell others of his indecent blackmail and proposal, he responds “But Isabelle, who will believe you?”

By: Ray Chambers

Ray Chambers — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:37:35 +0000

Small, but very important detail…Isabella does not ‘live” in a convent. The text specifies that she is arriving at a convent “that day” and her dialogue with the sister proves that she is not entirely familiar with “St. Clare”. The importance of this is that she desires to begin her year as a novitiate, but is interrupted by Lucio’s visit. This also would indicate that she does not visit Angelo as a novitiate–let alone a nun.

By: Dinalo

Dinalo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:04:11 +0000

very much brief….though useful for a 5 minutes view.

By: lilian

lilian — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:20:32 +0000

this is brief, i mean straight forward.