Schedule

July 6-9 and July 13-16, 2023

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival and Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation present the Shakespeare by the Sea XXXIII production of Measure for Measure.

First performed in 1604, Measure for Measure represents a shiftinShakespeare's comedicstyle,fromhislighter themes to heavierpathos drive ncomedies about loss,mercy,and redemption.Power is centraltoitsplotand the playexplores howitcanchange people and how it can be abused. Measure for Measure has fun withdichotomiesanddualities presenting both the holy and the hedonistic,thejust and the merciful.

Theplayopensasviceisrunningrampantinthecity.Inthe openingscene,theDuketellsthosearoundhimthatheisleaving the city and appointshistrusted minister, Angelo,tohandle affairs.Instead of leaving the city,the Duked is guises himself as afriar.In the Duke's supposed absence, Angelo takes measures to extremes by reviving strict morality laws from days gone by. When Claudiois arrested forgetting his partner Juliet pregnant, it falls to Claudio’s friend Lucioto send forhelpfromhissister, a young novice name dIsabella. Shegoestopleadforher brother’slife, andAngelooffersheranunsavorybargainthat goes against his ownpiety as well asIsabella's.When the disguised Duke discovers the treachery,he devisesap lotto save Claudio and reveal Angelo’shypocrisy.On behalf of the PalmBeachShakespeareFestival,weinviteyoutositback, relax,and enjoy Measure for Measur

July 20-23, 2023

With an encore Shakespeare by the Palms III presented by The Village of Royal Palm Beach

The Shakespeare Festival is proud to present its premiere production of William Shakespeare’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Vice is running rampant in the city, and the Duke has set off on mysterious business, leaving the affairs of state to his trusted minister, Angelo, with instructions to enforce discipline as he sees fit. Quickly, Angelo takes that enforcement to extremes, and when young Claudio is arrested it falls to Claudio’s friend Lucio to send help in the form of Sister Isabella. When the price of Angelo’s freedom is not what Isabella is willing to pay, the Duke comes up with a plan to save Claudio while revealing Angelo’s hypocrisy.

The Shakespeare by the Palms III encore production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Date: July 6-9 and July 13-16 and July 20-23, 2023

Time:
6:30pm: Gate Open
8pm: Show

Location:
Seabreeze Amphitheater, 750 South A1A, Jupiter, FL 33477
Commons Park Amphitheater in Commons Park, located at 11600 Poinciana Blvd, Royal Palm Beach, FL

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