Director Leo Egger sets Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of sexual politics and social justice in 1980s Christian hospital. Measure for Measure takes place in Vienna, a city beset with brothels and loose morality, that is besieged with a syphilis pandemic. A custodian takes on the role of The Duke, who refuses to clean up the city, and quickly spins his fantasy, enlisting those around him—head nurse, resident, chaplain—to fill out the roles. Though the story unfolds in 17th-century Vienna, the theatrical machinery is drawn entirely from the world of the hospital. As the play progresses, the hospital is overwhelmed, though for the staff, the chaos and misery have become routine.

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