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Best Shakespeare productions: what's your favourite Measure for Measure? by Michael Billington

Once regarded as salacious, Shakespeare's tale of seduction and the abuse of power has proved a natural fit for modern timesThere was a time when this play was considered too indecent for modern audiences. In 1935, the Leicester Mercury gravely warned that "the play insults the respectability of Melton Mowbray people". I also recall, from my childhood, a brouhaha over whether a legendary Peter Brook product…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on April 28, 2014

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