Vincentio, Duke of Vienna, disgusted by the immorality in his city, announces his withdrawal from public life and leaves his deputy, the puritanical Angelo, in charge. Angelo, in his zeal for observing the letter of the law, begins a ruthless programme to stamp out sexual licence, in the course of which he condemns one Claudio to death. Surely Claudio’s virginal sister Isabella, a novice nun seeking mercy for her brother, could not awake the lust of this cold, censorious man?
as Isabella
as Angelo
as Juliet
as Pompey
as Froth/Friar Thomas
as Mariana
as Abhorson/Friar Peter
as Claudio
as Mistress Overdone
as Lucio
as Escalus
as Duke Vincentio
as Provost
as Elbow/Barnadine