Cheek by Jowl: Measure for Measure (2013)
Overview
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.
Cast
Aleksandr Feklistov
Lucio
Nikolay Kislichenko
Elbow
Andrey Kuzichev
Angelo
Ivan Litvinenko
Executioner
Elmira Mirel
Mariana/Mistress Overdone
Alexey Rakhmanov
Pompey
Yuri Rumyantsev
Escalus
Igor Teplov
Barnadine
