If one definition of Shakespeare's problem plays is that they can't easily be categorised in the canon, being neither tragedy nor comedy, than that issue is swept aside by this radical Young Vic production. In the hands of director Joe Hill-Gibbins, Measure for Measure is incontrovertibly a comedy, careering between satire and feverish farce.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:20AM on October 9, 2015