by William Shakespeare · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853262517
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«Measure for Measure» is the play by William Shakespeare, published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Set in Vienna, it asks what happens when judicial power falls into the hands of an inflexibly moral judge: Isabella pleads for her brother condemned to death and discovers that authority can hide the worst hypocrisy. Shakespeare weaves tension, irony and questions about justice, mercy and redemption without fully resolving them.
Edition from the Wordsworth Classics collection, with introduction and notes by Cedric Watts. The play, written in 1604, is usually classified among Shakespeare's problem plays.
Recommended for students of English literature and for anyone wanting to approach classical theatre in its original version.
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.
