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Measure for Measure (The Acting Company)

by Mark Dundas Wood

William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" (circa 1604)"the story of a woman who is sexually victimized by a man in power"seems as though it would lend itself to an adaptation crafted in light of the #MeToo movement. To some extent, The Acting Company's streamlined 95-minute modern-dress version proves itself a good fit for such an approach, although there are elements of Shakespeare's play that don't quite conform …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 3:42pm on August 10, 2019