“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt”
London in 1960 is the setting as one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays is given a gripping and compelling makeover.
The coffee bars and jazz clubs of Soho are home to a new generation on the edge of a cultural revolution and the seedy underbelly of life is never far away.
Duke Vincentio leaves his domain in the hands of his puritanical deputy Angelo, to secretly observe the virtues and vices of his unruly patch. 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.
Measure For Measure is a powerful cocktail of laughter and savage seriousness, and reveals the troubled relationship between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual. A sparkling rock ‘n roll soundtrack provides the backbeat as we shake all over at the start of a decade that changed things forever.
Prices
Full Price – £10.00
8th November Preview – £6.00
Concession – £8.00
Dates
8th – 12th November, 7:30pm
Venue
The Place Theatre
Bradgate Road
Bedford. MK40 3DE
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