SHAKESPEARE ON DISK.

     MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

Copyright (c) 1990 Interconnection Publications Inc.

     DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

ISABELLA.
          A young gentlewoman.

VINCENTIO, THE DUKE.

ANGELO.
          The deputy.

LUCIO.
          A fantastic.

PROVOST.
     
ESCALUS.
          An ancient lord.

CLAUDIO.
          Brother of Isabella.

MISTRESS OVERDONE.
          A bawd.

POMPEY.
          Servant to Mistress Overdone.

ELBOW.
          A simple constable.

FRIAR PETER.

FRIAR THOMAS.

JULIET.
          Beloved of Claudio.

MARIANA.
          Betrothed to Angelo.

A JUSTICE.

VARRIUS.

FROTH.
          A foolish gentleman.

ABHORSON.
          An executioner.

BARNARDINE.
         A dissolute prisoner.

FRANCISCA.
         A nun.

TWO GENTLEMEN.
          Fantastics.

LORDS, OFFICERS, CITIZENS, BOY, SERVANTS, and ATTENDANTS.


SYNOPSIS

1/1 An apartment in the Duke's palace.
     The DUKE, ESCALUS, LORDS and ATTENDANTS enter; the DUKE 
prepares for his departure; an ATTENDANT exits; ANGELO 
enters and is appointed the DUKE's deputy; the DUKE exits.

1/2 A street.
     LUCIO and two GENTLEMEN enter and banter; MISTRESS 
OVERDONE enters with the news of Claudio's arrest; the MEN 
exit.
     POMPEY enters and discusses the new regime with 
MISTRESS OVERDONE; they exit.
     The PROVOST, CLAUDIO, JULIET and OFFICERS enter, 
followed by LUCIO and the two GENTLEMEN; LUCIO promises to 
ask Isabella to plead for CLAUDIO's life.

1/3 A monastery.
     The DUKE explains himself to FRIAR THOMAS.

1/4 A nunnery.
     FRANCISCA tells ISABELLA the rules of the order and 
exits; LUCIO enters and persuades ISABELLA to petition 
Angelo.

2/1 A hall in Angelo's house.
     ESCALUS urges ANGELO to be lenient, in the presence of 
a JUSTICE, the PROVOST, OFFICERS and ATTENDANTS; the PROVOST 
exits.
     ELBOW, OFFICERS, FROTH and POMPEY enter; ELBOW accuses 
his prisoners of immorality; ANGELO exits; ESCALUS acquits 
FROTH, warns POMPEY, and dismisses ELBOW; the three exit 
successively.

2/2 Another room in Angelo's house.
     The PROVOST and a SERVANT enter and speak; the SERVANT 
exits; ANGELO enters and confirms Claudio's sentence; the 
SERVANT enters to announce ISABELLA, who enters with LUCIO; 
ISABELLA sues for mercy and is told to return; ISABELLA, 
LUCIO and the PROVOST exit; ANGELO is tormented by lust.

2/3 A prison.
     The disguised DUKE asks the PROVOST for permission to 
comfort the inmates; JULIET enters and repents; the DUKE 
exits.

2/4 Angelo's house.
     ANGELO finds he cannot pray; a SERVANT enters, 
announces ISABELLA, and exits; she enters and ANGELO offers 
to spare Claudio's life in exchange for her virginity; she 
refuses; ANGELO exits; and ISABELLA expresses her horror at 
his duplicity.

3/1 The prison.
     The DUKE, in the presence of the PROVOST, reconciles 
CLAUDIO to death; ISABELLA enters; the DUKE and PROVOST 
exit.
     ISABELLA quarrels with CLAUDIO over Angelo's 
proposition.
     The DUKE enters and again prepares CLAUDIO for death; 
CLAUDIO exits; the PROVOST enters, speaks and exits.
     The DUKE and ISABELLA plan to deceive Angelo.

3/2 The street before the prison.
     The DUKE, ELBOW and OFFICERS condemn POMPEY as a pimp; 
LUCIO enters and rebuffs POMPEY, who exits with ELBOW and 
OFFICERS.
     LUCIO maligns the absent DUKE and exits.
     ESCALUS, the PROVOST, and OFFICERS enter with MISTRESS 
OVERDONE whom they have arrested; the OFFICERS and MISTRESS 
OVERDONE exit to prison.
     ESCALUS praises the absent DUKE and exits with the 
PROVOST; the DUKE soliloquizes on hypocrisy.

4/1 The Moated Grange.
     A BOY sings to MARIANA, then exits.
     The DUKE enters and greets MARIANA who exits.
     ISABELLA enters and elaborates on the plot; MARIANA 
enters and agrees to participate.

4/2 The prison.
     The PROVOST commissions POMPEY to help the executioner; 
ABHORSON enters, describes his trade and exits with POMPEY.
     CLAUDIO enters, is shown his warrant, and exits.
     The DUKE enters and tells the PROVOST that Claudio will 
be pardoned; a MESSENGER enters with Claudio's sentence and 
exits; the PROVOST agrees to substitute a victim.

4/3 Another room in the prison.
     POMPEY depicts the prisoners; ABHORSON enters and calls 
BARNARDINE, who enters with a hangover; the DUKE enters but 
cannot influence BARNARDINE who exits, followed by ABHORSON 
and POMPEY.
     The PROVOST enters, discusses the subterfuge with the 
DUKE, exits, reenters with Ragozine's head and exits.
     ISABELLA enters and is told her brother is dead; LUCIO 
enters and sympathises with her; ISABELLA exits.
     LUCIO boasts of his knowledge of the DUKE.

4/4 Angelo's house.
     ANGELO and ESCALUS enter and discuss the Duke's return; 
SCALUS exits; ANGELO considers the consequences of his sin.

4/5 Fields without the town.
     The DUKE gives letters to FRIAR PETER who exits to 
deliver them.
     VARRIUS enters and is greeted by the DUKE.

4/6 Street near the city-gate.
     ISABELLA and MARIANA discuss their scheme; FRIAR PETER 
arrives to escort them to the gate.

5/1 A public place near the city-gate.
     MARIANA, ISABELLA and FRIAR PETER await the DUKE, who 
enters with ANGELO, VARRIUS, LORDS, ESCALUS, LUCIO, PROVOST, 
OFFICERS and CITIZENS; the DUKE is welcomed back.
     ISABELLA denounces ANGELO and is arrested; MARIANA 
confesses her complicity; the PROVOST exits to look for the 
friar, and is followed by the DUKE and an ATTENDANT.
     ESCALUS tries the case; ISABELLA and OFFICERS enter; 
and the DUKE and PROVOST re-enter.
     LUCIO slanders the DUKE, whose identity is revealed.
     ANGELO and MARIANA exit to be married by FRIAR PETER 
and the PROVOST, and all re-enter.
     ISABELLA and MARIANA crave mercy for ANGELO; the 
PROVOST exits and re-enters with BARNARDINE, JULIET and 
CLAUDIO whom the DUKE pardons.
     The OFFICERS take LUCIO to be married; and the DUKE 
sums up.