Measure for Measure
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Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.
John Philip Kemble as Vincentio in the 1794 rendition of Measure for Measure
Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt
Mariana (1851) by John Everett Millais
Pompey Bum, as he was portrayed by nineteenth-century actor John Liston
Angelo (Measure for Measure)
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Angelo is a character in Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure. He is the play's main antagonist.
Measure for Measure
…been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centres on the despotic and puritan Angelo, a deputy entrusted to rule the city of Vienna in the absence of Duke Vincentio, who instead disguises himself as a humble friar to observe Angelo's…
Isabella and Angelo by Stephen Reid, 1909
Isabella appealing to Angelo (William Hamilton, 1793).