Cheek by Jowl Measure for Measure

Satirical shocking and radically stripped back Measure for Measure from Britains Cheek by Jowl and Moscows Pushkin Theatre is a gripping compelling production of one of Shakespeares 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