Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare from c. 1603–04

About

Duke Vincentio of Vienna steps aside and lets the puritanical Angelo govern in his place, only for Angelo to sentence a man to death for fornication and then proposition the man's sister Isabella for sex. The duke, disguised as a friar, orchestrates a series of bed-tricks and substitutions to expose Angelo's hypocrisy and deliver justice.

Measure for Measure

Characters: 22
Words: 20.5k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~2 hr 34 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines

1

DUKE of Vienna

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205

2

ISABELLA

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130

3

LUCIO

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113

4

ANGELO

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87

5

ESCALUS

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78

6

PROVOST

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65

7

POMPEY the Clown

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61

8

CLAUDIO

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36

17 sections

20.5k words

#TitleWords

Act 1

1

Act 1 Scene 1

5794:21

2

Act 1 Scene 2

1.3k10:03

3

Act 1 Scene 3

4373:17

4

Act 1 Scene 4

7035:16

Act 2

5

Act 2 Scene 1

2.1k15:53

6

Act 2 Scene 2

1.5k11:10

7

Act 2 Scene 3

2852:08

8

Act 2 Scene 4

1.5k10:59

Act 3

9

Act 3 Scene 1

2.2k16:19

10

Act 3 Scene 2

2.1k16:03

Act 4

11

Act 4 Scene 1

4993:45

12

Act 4 Scene 2

1.6k11:54

13

Act 4 Scene 3

1.3k10:04

14

Act 4 Scene 4

2621:58

15

Act 4 Scene 5

1090:49

16

Act 4 Scene 6

1270:57

Act 5

17

Act 5 Scene 1

3.9k29:10

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