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Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
A co-production between the National Theatre and Complicite
'Simon McBurney emphatically makes this a play for today.'
Daily Telegraph
'I can't remember when I was last so shocked, startled or disturbed by Shakespeare… Simon McBurney has taken this bemusing problem drama, in which sex, justice and mercy
are caught in a complex triangular engagement, and shone a dark, revelatory light on it… Mesmerising.'
Evening Standard
'The richest, most serious staging of Measure for Measure that London has seen for over 10 years.'
Financial Times
'This National Theatre-Complicite joint venture, played at a ferocious pace for an uninterrupted 135 minutes... captures the dizzying corruption of power and the sense of individuals destroyed by the dangerous conjunction of sex and death and leaves your senses bombarded.'
Guardian
10 February – 18 March
Cast credits:
Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna : Simon McBurney
Escalus, Angelo's secondary : Mike Grady
Angelo, the Duke's Deputy : Angus Wright
Lucio, a 'fantastic' : Ajay Naidu
First Gentleman / Froth / Abhorson, an executioner : Clive Mendus
Mistress Overdone, a bawd : Tamzin Griffin
Pompey, a pimp working for Mistress Overdone : Richard Katz
Claudio, a young gentleman : Ben Meyjes
Provost : Craig Parkinson
Gentleman / Friar Peter / Justice : Steven Crossley
Isabella, Claudio's sister : Naomi Frederick
Francisca, a nun / Juliet, Claudio's mistress : Katie Jones
Gentleman / Elbow, a constable : Kostas Philippoglou
Servant to Angelo / Boy : Jamie Bradley
Mariana, formerly betrothed to Angelo : Anamaria Marinca
Gentleman / Barnadine, a prisoner : Johannes Flaschberger
Production credits:
Director: Simon McBurney
Designer: Tom Pye
Lighting : Paul Anderson
Sound : Christopher Shutt
Projection: Sven Ortel for mesmer
Costume : Christina Cunningham
Collaborator: Annie Castledine
photo by Neil Libbert
Measure for Measure finished on: 18 March 2006
