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In
Vienna, the good Duke has been so lax in enforcing the laws that the citizenry
is in turmoil. In order to observe his subjects, he disguises himself
as a friar and leaves his deputy Angelo in his place to clean up the town
and mete out punishment. Caught up in the plot of Measure for Measure
are the lovers Claudio and Juliet, who bears Claudio’s child. Here
Claudio’s sister Isabella, played by graduate student Tosin Otitoju,
pleads with Angelo, Todd Brun, PhD ‘94, for her brother’s
life. Angelo, however, has his own ideas about how to make things right
again. Gavin Claypool, production coordinator on the latest TACIT play,
says, “It’s interesting that the issues of personal behavior
and the state’s interest in it are in the news. It shows that Shakespeare
wrote about universal themes.” This production of Shakespeare’s
darkest of dark comedies, directed by Shirley Marneus, will be presented
this weekend and the next in Ramo Auditorium. For details and tickets,
contact Caltech Public Events at 395-4652.
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