Measure for Measure

E118952

play stage work

Measure for Measure is a dark comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of justice, morality, and hypocrisy in a corrupt Vienna.

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Label	Occurrences
Measure for Measure canonical	11
RSC production of Measure for Measure	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971352 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Measure for Measure
Context triple: [William Shakespeare, notableWork, Measure for Measure]

A. Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that centers on mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and themes of gender and disguise.
B. The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of marriage, gender roles, and social hierarchy through the contentious courtship of the strong-willed Katherina and the domineering Petruchio.
C. Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
D. The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that follows the humorous misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by two clever married women in the English town of Windsor.
E. Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that satirizes courtly love and intellectual pretension through witty wordplay and romantic misadventures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Measure for Measure
Target entity description: Measure for Measure is a dark comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of justice, morality, and hypocrisy in a corrupt Vienna.

A. Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that centers on mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and themes of gender and disguise.
B. The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of marriage, gender roles, and social hierarchy through the contentious courtship of the strong-willed Katherina and the domineering Petruchio.
C. Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
D. The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that follows the humorous misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by two clever married women in the English town of Windsor.
E. Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that satirizes courtly love and intellectual pretension through witty wordplay and romantic misadventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ stage work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate	1603–1604 ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare ⓘ
contains	prose passages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
firstFolioPublicationDate	1623 ⓘ
firstPerformance	early 17th century ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ problem play ⓘ
hasAdaptation	film ⓘ opera ⓘ radio drama ⓘ television production ⓘ
includedIn	First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ surface form: First Folio
influencedBy	Cassandra ⓘ surface form: Promos and Cassandra Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra ⓘ
literaryForm	blank verse ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Elizabethan drama ⓘ
mainCharacter	Angelo ⓘ Claudio ⓘ Duke Vincentio ⓘ Isabella ⓘ Lucio ⓘ Mariana ⓘ
notableScene	Duke's revelations in the final act ⓘ Isabella's plea to Angelo for mercy ⓘ
originalLanguage	Early Modern English ⓘ
placeInCanon	one of Shakespeare's problem plays ⓘ
plotElement	Angelo propositions Isabella in exchange for Claudio's pardon ⓘ Angelo ⓘ surface form: Angelo strictly enforces morality laws Claudio is sentenced to death for impregnating Juliet before marriage ⓘ Duke Vincentio temporarily leaves Vienna and appoints Angelo as deputy ⓘ Isabella pleads with Angelo for her brother Claudio's life ⓘ a bed trick is used to deceive Angelo ⓘ a head trick is used to save Claudio ⓘ the Duke disguises himself as a friar ⓘ
setting	Vienna ⓘ
structure	five acts ⓘ
theme	abuse of power ⓘ corruption ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ justice ⓘ law and order ⓘ mercy ⓘ morality ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Shakespeare → notableWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare

King's Men → performedWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Jack Lowden → notableWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Jack Lowden → appearedIn → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Mariana → inspiredBy → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Palace of Pleasure → narrativeSourceFor → Measure for Measure ⓘ

William Painter → sourceOfInspirationFor → Measure for Measure ⓘ

LisaGay Hamilton → notableWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Dorothy Tutin → notableWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

Gregory Doran → notableWork → Measure for Measure ⓘ

this entity surface form: RSC production of Measure for Measure

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