Cheek by Jowl: Measure for Measure

Satirical, shocking and radically stripped back, Measure for Measure from Britain’s Cheek by Jowl and Moscow’s Pushkin Theatre is a gripping, compelling production of one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays. Indulgent Duke Vincentio leaves Vienna in the hands of his puritanical deputy Angelo, to secretly observe the virtues and vices of his unruly state. When the saintly Isabella pleads with Angelo to release her brother Claudio, sentenced to death for fornication, he agrees on one condition: that Isabella sacrifice her virginity to him.

Director: Declan Donnellan

Cast: Alexander Arsentyev, Aleksandr Feklistov, Anna Vardevanian, Nikolay Kislichenko, Andrey Kuzichev, Anastasia Lebedeva, Ivan Litvinenko, Alexander Matrosov

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.