[Writers and their Work 01] • Measure for Measure (Modern Library Classics)

Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this powerful play that explores sexual hypocrisy and questions morality at all levels of society. This volume also includes more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including:

• an original Introduction to Measure for Measure

• incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work

• commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers

• photographs of key RSC productions

• an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronology of his plays

Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.