Measure for Measure

''Language is his power. His characters are precisely the words they speak'' A. S. Byatt

A young man is condemned to death for breaking a law forbidding sex outside marriage. When his sister pleads with the Lord Angelo to save him, he offers her a bargain - her brother''s life in exchange for her virginity. One of Shakespeare''s most enigmatic plays, Measure for Measure is a morally complex drama ...