Cheek by Jowl: Measure for Measure

Satirical, shocking and radically stripped back, Measure for Measure from Britain’s Cheek by Jowl and Moscow’s Pushkin Theatre is a gripping, compelling production of one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays. Indulgent Duke Vincentio leaves Vienna in the hands of his puritanical deputy Angelo, to secretly observe the virtues and vices of his unruly state. When the saintly Isabella pleads with Angelo to release her brother Claudio, sentenced to death for fornication, he agrees on one condition: that Isabella sacrifice her virginity to him.

Directed by Declan Donnellan

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Cast

Alexander Arsentyev

The Duke

Aleksandr Feklistov

Lucio

Anna Vardevanian

Isabella

Nikolay Kislichenko

Elbow

Andrey Kuzichev

Angelo

Anastasia Lebedeva

Juliet/Francis

Ivan Litvinenko

Executioner

Alexander Matrosov

Provost

Elmira Mirel

Mariana/Mistress Overdone

Alexey Rakhmanov

Pompey

Yuri Rumyantsev

Escalus

Petr Rykov

Claudio

Igor Teplov

Barnadine

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