Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare audiobook

Measure for Measure

By William Shakespeare
Produced and directed by Ira Burton
Performed by a full cast

Blackstone Publishing

Audio Theater

Format: Retail CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: Retail CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD
  • $24.95

    ISBN: 9781455137527

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    ISBN: 9781455137534

Runtime: 2.27 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s compelling tragicomedy that explores restraint—and lack thereof.

Who legislates morality?

The duke’s authoritarian deputy, Angelo, is hell-bent on stamping out moral decay. He reactivates outdated draconian laws and aims his arrogant crosshairs at a young man whose fiancée is pregnant, sentencing him to death. Angelo is sternly incorruptible—until he meets Isabela, a beautiful religious novice whose desirability arouses him. Flavored with live music by the mariachi band Las Colibri, this vigorous, modern production of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy reveals what can happen when sex, religion, and politics collide.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“I do not know any other eminent work of Western literature that is nearly as nihilistic as Measure for Measure, a comedy that destroys comedy.” —Harold Bloom
“Mr. Rauch knows his business, and this smart, swift, refreshingly unpredictable Measure is one of his finest efforts yet. Not only is every detail of the transposition from Vienna circa 1600 to corporate America circa 1970 worked out with rigorous comic logic, but the cast is fabulously good.” —Wall Street Journal on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s theatrical production of Measure for Measure
“It brings before us a group of persons, attractive, full of desire…Behind this group of people, behind their various action, Shakespeare inspires in us the sense of a strong tyranny of nature and circumstance.” —Walter Pater, essayist, art critic, and fiction writer
“Four stars...this deeply illuminating production should satisfy.” —Sacramento Bee

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Author Bio: William Shakespeare

Author Bio: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time, and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.

Details

Details

Available Formats : Retail CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 2.27
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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