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Measure for Measure (The Pelican Shakespeare) (Reprint Edition) by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel (Series Editor), A. R. Braunmuller (Series Editor), Jonathan V. (Editor) Crewe, Jonathan Crewe (Introduction) Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-14-071479-0 / 0140714790 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-071479-1 / 9780140714791 A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's V |