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BBC Television Shakespeare :: Measure For Measure (01x05)

Episode Information

Title:

Measure For Measure

Episode #:

01x05

Original Airdate:

Sunday February 18th, 1979

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Episode Crew
Director:	Desmond Davis
Writer:	William Shakespeare

Episode Summary

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Duke Escalus goes away from Vienna for a while leaving his stern deputy, Angelo, in charge of things. Angelo immediately begins enforcing a strict moral code which might be bad news for Claudio who has impregnated his fiancee.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Christopher Strauli	played	Claudio	Recurring (second appearance)
•Frank Middlemass	played	Pompey	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kevin Stoney	played	Escalus	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tim Pigott-Smith	played	Angelo	Recurring (first appearance)
•Adrienne Corri	played	Mistress Overdone
•Alan Tucker	played	First Gentleman
•Alun Armstrong	played	Provost
•David Browning	played	A Justice
•David King Lassman	played	Pageboy
•Eileen Page	played	Francisca
•Ellis Jones	played	Elbow
•Geoffrey Cousins	played	Servant
•Godfrey Jackman	played	Friar Thomas
•Harry Jones	played	-
•Jacqueline Pearce	played	Mariana
•John Abbott (2)	played	Second Gentleman
•John Clegg (1)	played	Froth
•John McEnery	played	Lucio
•John Sarbutt	played	-
•Kate Nelligan	played	Isabella
•Kenneth Colley	played	Duke Vincentio
•Neil McCarthy	played	Abhorson
•Nicholas Tudor	played	-
•Tony Friel	played	-
•William Sleigh	played	Barnardine
•Yolanda Vazquez	played	Juliet