dude fuck this play. only good thing is elbow

Underrated play. Incredibly witty. Great range of characters.

C'est parfait.

So that was it - I’ve read each and every play written by the Bard! It was quite a journey, and with this play, it ends on a high note.

3.5. Duke Vincentio is a really interesting character, and I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. This is the last Shakespeare play I hadn't read or seen. I've read or seen term all now.

Measure for Measure is my favorite of Shakespeare's less famous plays (along with Henry VI Parts 1-3). The play is edgy, funny, and I like the harsh morality tale Shakespeare tells. The ending was a bit confusing, but overall I thought Measure for Measure was one of Shakespeare's more memorable plays.

this is a cool play that shows shakespeare’s anarchist side, but i didn’t enjoy it as much as i did his big four tragedies

I think this ‘read all Shakespeare’ project might slip into 2024 … not sure I am going to make the 2023 deadline and I don’t want to rush through the next ones.
I thought this play was one of the most relevant plays for today and an excellent play for schools in many ways. So many discussion points.

It is about a leader, the Duke, who doesn’t want to be, or be seen to be, an authoritarian so leaves an ill suited, puritanical deputy in charge to sort out the loose morality of the city. But that deputy comes down too hard on some while secretly committing the sins he judges others harshly of. And he acts on those sinful thoughts in the most abominable way. Tell me this doesn’t happen today and I will move to where you live. When the Duke finally returns to observe all from behind a disguise, he becomes the most manipulative horror.

The play shows how powerless women were and how they were either prostitutes, maids (pre marriageable), widows or wives. If none of the above they were ‘nothing then’. It ends in four very uncomfortable marriages or marriage ‘proposals’.

Though it is a horrible topic, I thought this play was gripping, even though the story line was a tiny bit wobbly in places maybe