Measure for Measure

This comedy, written in the early seventeenth century, is set in Vienna, where Duke Vincentio announces a departure and leaves government to the strict deputy Angelo. Angelo revives old laws against fornication and condemns Claudio to death for getting Julietta with child. Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice, pleads for his life; Angelo offers a bargain that would cost her chastity. The Duke remains in the city disguised as a friar, watching the deputy, the bawd Pompey, the constable Elbow, and the condemned Barnardine, and arranging substitutions. The play examines justice, mercy, and sexual hypocrisy in a city of prisons and convents.

Quarter bound in green Nigerian goatskin leather with marbled papers. Oxford University Press commentary volume. Green solander box with leather label or green slipcase titled in gold.