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Measure for Measure

By William Shakespeare and Aditi Brennan Kapil
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An accessible new translation of one of Shakespeare’s most interesting and challenging plays. One of Shakespeare’s most difficult plays, Measure for Measure has long challenged performers and audiences alike. In reworking the play in her translation, Aditi Brennan Kapil honours the structure, rhythms, and themes of... Read More
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"Updated language makes this cautionary fable about frailty, power, and the perils of legislating morality accessible for modern audiences"--

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An accessible new translation of one of Shakespeare’s most interesting and challenging plays.

One of Shakespeare’s most difficult plays, Measure for Measure has long challenged performers and audiences alike. In reworking the play in her translation, Aditi Brennan Kapil honours the structure, rhythms, and themes of Shakespeare’s original. Kapil’s updated language makes this cautionary fable about frailty, power, and the perils of legislating morality accessible for today’s audiences.

This translation of Measure for Measure was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780866988315

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 5.0mm

Height: 7.0mm

Weight: 666g

Pages: 130

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Aditi Brennan Kapil Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction William Shakespeare

About the Author

Aditi Brennan Kapil is a television and theater actress, writer, and director. She works on television and theater projects including American Gods on Starz and a new play titled 1933, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse. Her plays include Orange and Imogen Says Nothing.

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