RSC: Measure for Measure
RSC: Мера за меру
In the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Gregory Doran assured production offers a perfectly judged portrait of public hypocrisy and seething sexuality.
Joseph Arkley’s Lucio is a dapper seducer who might have stepped out of a Schnitzler novella and Claire Price’s gender-switched Escalus becomes the embodiment of rectitude in a corrupt society. Sandy Grierson’s Angelo is a figure filled with Freudian repression who secretly scourges himself, while Lucy Phelps’s Isabella is a woman of determined reason and implacable faith who, at one point, forces Angelo to join her in prayer.
Actors
The Duke
Antony Byrne
Angelo
Claudio
James Cooney
Isabella
Lucio
Joseph Arkley
Mariana
Crew
Royal Shakespeare Company
Language
English
Runtime
3 hours 2 minutes with one intermission
Act 1
103 min
Intermission
21 min
Act 2
58 min
2019
16+
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