Measure for measure.



When her brother falls foul of the state’s rigid morality laws, Isabella is sent to plead for his life. But soon the complex relationship between power and private citizen threatens to end her life as she knows it. Emily Burns returns to the RSC following the success of 2024's Love's Labour's Lost to direct Shakespeare's razor-sharp thriller of hypocrisy and corruption. FIND OUT MORE

MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
13 SEPTEMBER - 25 OCTOBER 2025

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