Measure for Measure
Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMeasure for Measure by William Shakespeare Shakespeare never tired having his lead characters dress up in disguises and hinging plot lines on the fallout of mistaken identity or secret observations. I, on the other hand, am weary of boys dressed as girls dressed as boys and kings posing as commoners acting kingly. Too silly. It doesn't help my enjoyment that most of these stories are comedies with deus ex machina happy endings. Measure for Measure may be officially a "problem play" and not a comedy, but there are enough absurd happy touches for me to decide [...]