by William Shakespeare · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141013800
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«Measure for Measure» is the play by William Shakespeare, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Duke Vincentio leaves Vienna and his deputy Angelo revives an old law punishing sex outside marriage; Claudio is sentenced to death for getting his fiancée Julietta pregnant. His sister Isabella, about to become a novice, pleads for him, but Angelo offers her a dreadful bargain. The play is a dark comedy about justice, power and desire.
The edition is edited by J. M. Nosworthy, with an introduction by Julia Briggs, chronology, further reading suggestions and an essay on staging options in theatre and film.
For students of English literature and readers of classic theatre seeking an edition with study material.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
