Measure for Measure

Question 1

Charles Gildon 1699 lincolns inn fields performance

Answer 1

illicit sexuality is eliminated- the bed-trick is only alluded to
mariana and Angelo, and Claudio and Julliet are secretly married

Question 2

19th century- moralisation and irrelevance`

Answer 2

bawdy scenes cut down
darkened to portray the abusive nature of the sex industry

Question 3

Peter Brook - 1950 RSC Stratford-upon-Avon

Answer 3

Isabella was silent for 2 minutes when asked to plead for Angelo’s life. she achieved a dignity unmatched by anyone else throughout the play
she readily accepted the Dukes proposal, she was seen as an ‘early modern woman’

Question 4

John Barton - 1970 RSC Stratford-Upon-Avon

Answer 4

Duke was a nervous, bumbling character and so the play became Isabella’s

Question 5

Sean Holmes - 2003 RSC Stratford-Upon-Avon

Answer 5

suggested genuine attraction between Isabella and the Duke
The play ended with Isabella marching the Duke into the wings, with him looking defeated, as though she is going to have words with him

Question 6

Theatre de Complicite -2004 the national theatre director Simon McBurney

Answer 6

play was Angelo’s story as it centers around his psychological journey which ends in his breakdown curled in a foetal position when the Duke reveals his secrets

Question 7

The Globe 2015 London

Answer 7

The Duke while disguised as the friar is callous and insensitive to the plight of Juliet and Claudio. his lines are delivered in an off-hand nonchalant fashion, suggesting that his motivation doesn’t lie with the welfare of the people

Question 8

BBC film 1979

Answer 8

at the beginning when the duke leaves, he is applauded as if he is going on a noble quest
Angelo’s soliloquy is inn a mirror as he examines himself`

Question 9

Young vic 2015

Answer 9

CCTV cameras to show certain moments of duplicity with the Duke as though he is sinisterly watching over Vienna.