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[1950], Richard David (1912-93) on Measure far Measure directed by Peter Brook (born 1925) at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, with John Gielgud and Barbara Jefford, from Shakespeare Survey 4 (1951), pp. 135-8.
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The simplicity of the text of Measure far Measure, as compared with that of Love’s Labour’s Lost, is a function of its more serious mood. It is a play of ideas rather than of impressions and is concerned more with lines of conduct followed out to their logical conclusions than with the confusions and compromises of real life. There is still controversy as to how far these ideas form a coherent argument, and Shakespeare Survey’ has already given space to notable pleadings on either side. The one maintains that Measure far Measure is Shakespeare’s considered opinion on the apparent conflict in Renaissance theory between the Christian duty of the Ruler to secure Justice, and that of the individual to be merciful.
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