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Measure for Measure

27 January 2023–4 February 2023

Company of Ten

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Synopsis

In this pared down, pacy adaptation, Derek Coe cuts out extraneous plotting to focus on issues that resonate with us today – hypocrisy in government, morality, sexual harassment and the wider role of women. Plus, it’s a rattling good yarn.

The Duke of Vienna steps aside from public life, charging his two deputies to tighten up morality laws. However, he disguises himself as a Friar, to see how his deputies go about their reforms. When a young man is sentenced to death, his sister appeals to one of the deputies for mercy – which he offers to grant, providing she sacrifices her virginity to him in return…

This adaptation features comedy, word play, beautiful soliloquies and even a classic ‘bed trick’. It brings out the best of a play which Robert M Smith once described as ‘a merry, bawdy and irresistible evening’s entertainment.’

Ticket information

Dates and times
Friday 27–Saturday 28 January, 8:00pm
Sunday 29 January, 2:30pm
Tuesday 31 January–Saturday 4 February, 8:00pm

Tickets £13
Concessions £12

Credits & acknowledgements

By:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by Derek Coe
In the:
Studio
Produced by:
Company of Ten

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