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This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses, see Measure for Measure (album) and Measure for Measure (film).
Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1603 or 1604. Its first recorded performance was in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.
John Philip Kemble as Vicentio in 'Measure for Measure' by William Shakespeare, (1794)
The Duke of Vienna steps out from public life. In his place he sets a very respectable and "precise" person. The Duke disguises himself as a friar in order to see if power will corrupt his chosen substitute.
Measure for Measure was printed as a comedy in the first folio and continues to be classified as one, though its tone sometimes defies this classification.[1] Today it is often called one of Shakespeare's