#10640

Mentioned in 5 episodes

Measure for Measure

Book • 2020

Measure for Measure is a play that centers on the fate of Claudio, who is arrested by Lord Angelo for impregnating his fiancée before marriage.

The play explores themes of justice, morality, and deception as the Duke of Vienna, disguised as a friar, intervenes to resolve the crisis.

It is often classified as a 'problem play' due to its complex moral questions and dark comedic elements.

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 5 episodes

Discussed by

Henry Oliver

and

Tyler Cowen

as the central play analyzed in the episode, with multiple readings and close textual analysis.

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Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English

Mentioned by

Walter Isaacson

when noting that even the best are molded out of faults.

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Best Of: Decoding Elon Musk

Mentioned by

Will Tosh

as the play they'd been planning to impress the court at Hampton Court with.

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William Shakespeare - Playwright to The King

Mentioned in the context of discussing Shakespeare's plays and their generic characteristics.

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Antony and Cleopatra

Mentioned by

Tim Sandefur

as it relates to the principle of desuetude in law.

Rogue Judges and Birthright Citizenship

Mentioned as the playwright whose works were considered for adaptation by Orson Welles, including "King Lear", "Richard III", "The Merchant of Venice", "Measure for Measure", and "Julius Caesar"

The Cinema of Orson Welles by Peter Bogdanovich ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

Mentioned by

Tim McIntosh

as an example of another Shakespearean play.

#79: Twelfth Night, Act 4

Referenced as the play in which Sparky Roberts taught

Tim McIntosh

, and as a recent play

Angelina Stanford

watched.

#76: Twelfth Night (Act 1)

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