Measure For Measure
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 1979
- 1 episode
The Duke of Vienna charges deputy Angelo with maintaining order in his absence. Angelo decides to enforce the city's strict moral code, which has fatal consequences for Claudio - unless his sister Isabella can persuade Angelo to reprieve him. Stars Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith, Christopher Strauli, John McEnery and more.
Press clippings
This series of Shakespeare has disheartened me deeply by being quite nice. Measure for Measure is a notch below the best yet, As You Like It, having like that a fine leading actress in Kate Nelligan. Seen suddenly, standing in a doorway, she shines like candlelight. The lighting of the play is, throughout, important and impressive.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 19th February 1979