Measure for Measure

An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom.

William Shakespeare (Author), Jane Coles (Edited by), Rex Gibson (Edited by)

9780521425063, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 February 1993

192 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 1 cm, 0.29 kg

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Measure for Measure has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Measure for Measure aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

List of characters
Measure for Measure
A problem play?
The writer in his time
The powerful and the powerless
Justice and mercy
Sex and sexuality
The language of Measure for Measure
Setting and staging
William Shakespeare.

Subject Areas: School editions of Shakespeare [YQES]