Part one of term paper
The Stratford Festival's rendition of "Measure for Measure", one of Shakespeare's original "problem plays", can only be called mediocre at best. While the drab, lifeless sets at first create an aura of poverty and des- titution that may or may not have been prevailent in 17th century Vienna, the lack of variety eventually tires the eyes, and ...

Part two of term paper
... the pudgy board-house owner. The other characters are most obviously unassumed by the actors and are carried through with a sense of distance and unfamiliarity, seldom seem at a a festival as prestigious as North America's largest and arguably best Shakespearian festival. The play carries on for almost 3 hours, and is tempered with boredom (e.g. Isabella's laughably unimpassioned speech to Angelo), and momentary spots of humour (e.g. the some-times hilarious exchange between Lucio, a servant to th ...