Measure for Measure Set During the Pre-Democratic Era

Set During the Pre-Democratic Era

Annette Wheeler Cafarelli

the Youngest of Four Children Born to Mary and Mark Levy

Lifting Out

Measure for Measure Set During the Pre-Democratic EraSince the Rediscovery of Elizabethan Stage Conditions Early This Century, Admiration for Measure for Measure Has Steadily Risen. It is Now a Favourite With the Critics and Has Attracted Widely Different Styles of Performance. at One Extreme, the Play is Seen As a Religious Allegory; at the Other, It Has Been Interpreted As a Comedy Protesting Against Power and Privilege. Brian Gibbons Focuses on the Unique Tragi Comic Experience of Watching the Play,