Measure for Measure: Text and Performance

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Introduction: The Problem of a ‘Problem’ Play....Pages 9-11
The Duke and the Friar: ‘One That Contended to Know Himself’....Pages 11-16
Angelo and Isabella: ‘Angels on the Outward Side’....Pages 16-21
The Sexual Underworld: ‘Poor Fellows That Would Live’....Pages 21-25
The Two Encounters: An Examination of ii ii and iv....Pages 25-34
Into the Darkness: The Prison Scene, iii i....Pages 34-39
‘Craft Against Vice’: A Conclusion in Which Little is Concluded....Pages 39-43
The Duke Versus Angelo: The Construction of ‘Measure for Measure’....Pages 43-46
‘Novelty is Only in Demand’: The Modernity of ‘Measure for Measure’....Pages 46-48
Introduction: The Four Main Productions....Pages 49-50
‘Measure for Measure’ Before 1970....Pages 50-53
The Main Productions: Context and Interpretation....Pages 53-59
What the Characters Said: The Texts of Barton, Davis and Kyle....Pages 59-64
What the Characters Said: The Charles Marowitz Version....Pages 64-69
What the Productions Looked Like: The Designers’ View....Pages 70-75
Women and Saints: The Isabellas....Pages 75-80
Bureaucrats and Devils: The Angelos....Pages 80-83
Professional People and Vaudeville Turns: The Brothel and Prison Scenes....Pages 83-86
Men Not Gods: The Dukes....Pages 87-90
Back Matter....Pages 91-94