"Measure for measure", harmony or disharmony? Automatic translate

"Measure for measure" - a little-known viewer of Shakespeare. This play of the great playwright is almost never staged. During the life of the author, it was put only once. But for all the time that has passed since his death, the directors do not really favor her.

At the Vakhtangov Theater, a play on this play was staged by Yuri Butusov. It is no coincidence that the director chose the little-known brainchild of one of the most influential playwrights to this day.

In Butusov’s productions, even the most banal material takes a completely different texture, unusual even for those who often visit performances in Moscow . So in the work with the play "Measure for Measure" the director completely changed the very concept of the play. Shakespeare wrote a comedy, after all the vicissitudes in which, everything ends amicably and in the finale they play weddings, as many as four! Reading Butusov’s comedy is more likely a tragedy. And he simply removed the Shakespearean finale. The heroes do not have a final destination. Each one has his own measure, unconscious by him, and probably the question is left open - while you are alive, the path to God is never closed, and only death closes accounts, after which it remains only to pay for them…

The play "Measure for measure" about human sins, about the biblical eternal truth "do not judge and you will not be judged," which everyone knows and no one adheres to. Here are the characters of the play, passing along an invisible chain, like a baton, sinfulness from one who sinned to another who condemned, who, as a punishment for this, also falls into temptation and, not having stood before him, also sins… Although, by the way about sins: the condemnation of man by man, if it is not in court and not for crime, but for sins, is the highest of sins, because only the creator can judge his creations, and condemning his own kind is an encroachment on the mission of the creator!

The action takes place in the Hungarian kingdom. Tired of the sinfulness of human nature, the Duke leaves the throne for a while and entrusts it to Angelo, with complete, unlimited power and nothing but control of the Duke himself. Disguised as a monk, he controls Angelo unnoticed by him.

Having gained power over people, Angelo hastily begins to educate them, applying extreme, higher measures, namely, execution. The first thing he does is send for execution

Claudio for breaking the commandment of premarital communication. (And in the Old Testament stoning to death is supposed for this!) Beloved Claudio - Juliet is expecting a child. He is ready to marry her, but Claudio is unshakable! He offers to do the same with himself, that is, to execute if he, Claudio, breaks this law!.. And then it worked!..

Claudio’s sister, Isabella, intends to leave for the monastery and devote herself to faith. She comes to Angelo to ask for her brother, but he, as obsessed with her, falls into the temptation to possess her body. He offers her a bargain - her brother’s life in exchange for her innocence… Then, seemingly repenting of her past sins, Isabella’s brother Claudio, after much torment, unable to fight the fear of death, asks her sister to satisfy Angelo’s request…

The duke, as the initial link in the chain of temptations, as subjected to the temptation of power by Angelo, just closes this chain, returning to the throne and breaking all the links in the chain. He himself administers the justice given to him by the authorities, and has the intention to marry Isabella, who has given the Lord a vow for celibacy!.. "And who are the judges?"

One artist - Sergei Epishev - plays changing costumes and Angelo (in white) and Duke (in black). Isabella - Eugene Creggie. Scenography - cafe - tables illuminated by lanterns. And garbage flying everywhere!…

The world is imperfect!

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