Measure To Measure
The New Vic
33 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara
33 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara
One of William Shakespeare's most beguiling plays dramatizes one of his more infamous bargains: a young woman's virginity in exchange for her brother's life. This story of tyrannical authority, sexual power, and gender politics is especially resonant in today's #MeToo culture. Set in a contemporary landscape, this production examines Shakespeare's enduring question of why "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall."
Thru - Oct 20, 2019