| Shakespeare set it in Vienna. |
| Posted by: portenopete 09:28 am EDT 06/29/17 |
| In reply to: Measure for Measure at TFANA - drummergirl 11:39 pm EDT 06/28/17 |
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Although I have no reason why. I'm sure scholars can intuit. Apparently he never left England all his life so I don't know if he had an interest in the cultures of foreign countries or whether they just made the plays seem more exotic and colourful (and let the English audiences feel safe that they were above such tragic or comic insanity).
I think THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR is his only non-royal play set in England and that was reportedly written at the behest of Elizabeth I because she'd loved Falstaff so much in HENRY IV.
I saw my first MEASURE in 1985 and it's a play I am always drawn to. Angelo is an endlessly appealing character for me and in every production that I've seen (at least seven or eight) he comes off in a new light.
The "problem" of the play is The Duke's motivation for leaving and his late-in-the-game return and proposal to Isabella. Also, the balancing of the low-life characters can be tricky unless they are really funny (not always the case with Shakespeare clowns). |
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