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Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a comedy. Shakespeare's source may be George Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra. Measure for Measure may have been first acted on 24 December 1606. It was probably first printed in the First Folio of 1623.


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  • John Philip Kemble (1757–1823), as Vicentio in 'Measure for Measure' by William Shakespeare, 1794 British School Victoria and Albert Museum

    John Philip Kemble as Vincentio in the 1794 rendition of Measure for Measure

  • William Hunt Claudio and Isabella Shakespeare Measure for Measure

    Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt

  • John Everett Millais - Mariana - Google Art Project

    Mariana (1851) by John Everett Millais

  • John Liston as Pompey in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (cropped)

    Pompey Bum, as he was portrayed by nineteenth-century actor John Liston

  • 'Measure for Measure', Act II, Scene 1, the Examination of Froth and Clown by Escalus and Justice (from the Boydell series) Robert Smirke (1753–1845) Royal Shakespeare Theatre

    "Measure for Measure" Act II, Scene 1, the Examination of Froth and Clown by Escalus and Justice (from the Boydell series), Robert Smirke (n.d.)

  • Prinsep - Mariana

    Mariana (1888) by Valentine Cameron Prinsep

  • First-page-first-folio-measure-for-measure

    The first page of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, printed in the First Folio of 1623

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