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Measure for Measure (New Penguin Shakespeare)

Measure for Measure (New Penguin Shakespeare)

by William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), Julia Briggs (Introduction), Nicholas Arnold (Contributor), J. M. Nosworthy (Editor)

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Synopsis

In the Duke's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose fiancee is pregnant, is condemned to death by the law. His sister Isabella, soon to become a nun, pleads with Lord Angelo for her brother's life. But her purity so excites Angelo that he offers her a monstrous bargain he will save Claudio if Isabella will visit him that night.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 014101380X
ISBN 13: 9780141013800

Author Bio
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Julia Briggs is the author of This Stage-Play World, about the Elizabethan theatre, and the editor of the Penguin Three Guineas and A Room of One's Own. She is a professor of English at De Montfort University in Leicester.