Cheek by Jowl + Pushkin Theatre, Moscow's
Measure for Measure
January 27 - 31, 2016
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
A World's Stage Production from Russia
by William Shakespeare
directed by Declan Donnellan
designed by Nick Ormerod
Critical Acclaim
“
... Like a punch to the guts .”
“ A punchy reminder that power corrupts”
“The great virtue of this production is that it combines a solar plexus punch with real, thought-provoking finesse about the issues.”
“ The performances, taut and tensely heightened, are scored through with powerful emotional charges that threaten to erupt at any moment. When they do, the result is hypnotic, a sort of balletic naturalism that marries the humanity and caricature in Shakespeare’s characters.”
“ The play does it all.”
“Cheek by Jowl's fleet-footed production of Shakespeare's problem play is an ambitious success.”
“ hits new, uncompromising heights of a kind we rarely see on the British stage”
Additional Credits
Produced by Cheek by Jowl and Pushkin Theatre, Moscow in a co-production with the Barbican, London; Les Gémeaux / Sceaux / Scène Nationale; Centro Dramático Nacional, Madrid (INAEM)
Measure for Measure is part of
