Measure for Measure
“Unsettling poignancy. Vivid and uncommonly moving.”
The New York Times
Measure for Measure
Name | Character |
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Alexander Arsentyev | The Duke |
Alexander Feklistov | Lucio |
Anna Vardevanian | Isabella |
Nikolay Kislichenko | Elbow |
Andrei Kuzichev | Angelo |
Anastasia Lebedeva | Juliet/Francis |
Ivan Litvinenko | Executioner |
Alexander Matrosov | Provost |
Elmira Mirel | Mariana/Mistress Overdone |
Alexey Rakhmanov | Pompey |
Yuri Rumyantsev | Escalus |
Petr Rykov | Claudio |
Igor Teplov | Barnadine |
Role | Name |
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Director | Declan Donnellan |
Designer | Nick Ormerod |
Assistant Director | Kirill Sbitnev |
Lighting Designer | Sergei Skornetsky |
Composer | Pavel Akimkin |
Choreographer | Irina Kashuba |
Technical Director | Alexander Solomin |
Lighting | Pavel Bolotin |
Sound | Evgeniia Bilinkis |
Wardrobe | Elena Vorobyeva |
Props | Ekaterina Vitushkina |
Makeup | Elizaveta Pravosudova |
Stagehand | Vladimir Mazlov |
Stage Manager | Marina Krymova |
Surtitle Editing | Anna Kolesnikova |
Surtitle Operator & Interpreter | Liliia Kazakova |
Consultant Producer | Anna Kolesnikova |
General Manager of the Pushkin Theatre | Anna Volk |
Artistic Director of the Pushkin Theatre | Evgeny Pisarev |
Production Photography | Johan Persson |
Date | Location |
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6–7 April 2019 | Meiningen, Meininger Staatstheater, Germany |
25 December 2018 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
24–28 October 2018 | Boston, Arts Emerson, USA |
16–21 October 2018 | New York City, BAM, USA |
10–13 October 2018 | Washington, The Kennedy Center, D.C, USA |
28 April 2018 | Craiova, International Shakespeare Festival Craiova, Romania |
28 March 2018 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
14 February 2018 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
18–19 October 2017 | Quimper, Théâtre de Cornouaille, France |
4 August 2017 | Gdansk, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Poland |
7–11 January 2017 | Sydney, Roslyn Packer Theatre (Sydney Festival), Australia |
29 November 2016 | Cluj-Napoca, Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj, Romania |
14 October 2016 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
16–20 August 2016 | Edinburgh, Royal Lyceum Theatre, UK |
1–7 August 2016 | Elsinore, Hamlet’s Castle (Kronborg), Denmark |
24 April 2016 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
27–31 January 2016 | Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, USA |
31 October 2015 | Murcia, Teatro Circo Murcia, Spain |
28–29 October 2015 | Girona, Teatre Municipal de Girona (Temporada Alta), Spain |
23 October 2015 | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Teatro Principal Antzokia, Spain |
2 October 2015 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
25 September 2015 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
17–18 June 2015 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
2–3 June 2015 | Omsk, Omsk Drama Theatre, Russia |
28 April–2 May 2015 | Oxford, Oxford Playhouse, UK |
22 April 2015 | Worldwide, Livestream from Barbican, UK |
15–25 April 2015 | London, Barbican, UK |
28 March 2015 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
6 March 2015 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
9–31 January 2015 | Sceaux, Les Gémeaux, Paris, France |
14 December 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
23 November 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
5 November 2014 | Moscow , Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
12 October 2014 | Tallin, Vene Theatre, Estonia |
10 October 2014 | Tartu, Vanemuine Theatre, Estonia |
18–21 September 2014 | Madrid, Teatro María Guerrero (Centro Dramático Nacional), Spain |
30 May 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
11 May 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
5–6 April 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
14 March 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
9 March 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
8 February 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
4 February 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
25–26 January 2014 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
26 December 2013 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
18 December 2013 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
6 December 2013 | Moscow, Pushkin Drama Theatre, Russia |
1994 | See also – Cheek by Jowl’s previous 1994 production of Measure for Measure |
Outstanding Visiting Production 2019
Boston Theater Critics Association’s 37th Elliot Norton Awards
Golden Mask Award Nomination 2013–14
Best Large Scale Production – Measure for Measure
Best Director – Declan Donnellan
Best Set Design – Nick Ormerod
Best Male Performance – Andrei Kuzichev as Angelo
Golden Mask Award 2013–14
Best Lighting Design – Sergei Skornetsky
“Declan Donnellan’s Russian cast are so electrifyingly intense and disturbing that they make your hair stand on end.”
Kate Bassett, The Times. Read the full review
“A gripping moral thriller”
Sarah Hemming, Financial Times
“Like a punch to the guts”
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph. Read the full review
“A punchy reminder that power corrupts”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian. Read the full review
“Real, thought-provoking finesse”
Paul Taylor, The Independent. Read the full review
“A stylish and cut-throat examination”
Honour Bayes, The Stage. Read the full review
“Stunningly encapsulated”
Michael Coveney, What’s On Stage. Read the full review
“fascinating and frequently gripping”
Patrick Marmion, Time Out. Read the full review
“Hits new, uncompromising heights of a kind we rarely see on the British stage”
David Nice, Arts Desk. Read the full review
“Declan Donnellan’s Measure for Measure furiously evokes contemporary Russia.”
Hugues Le Tanneur, Les Inrocktibles
“Theatre at its most beautiful.”
Armelle Heliot, Le Figaro. Read the full review
“Here is a world that portrays the oppressive authoritarian regime… where control and corruption go hand in hand.”
Hugues Le Tanneur, Liberation. Read the full review
“Declan Donnellan’s Measure for Measure is full of the Russian soul.”
Phillipe Chevilley, Les Echos
“Scenes that are worth all the talk.”
Didier Méreuze, La Croix. Read the full review
“Remarkable. We salute all of the Pushkin Theatre’s actors.”
Corinne Denailles, Web Theatre. Read the full review
“Donnellan’s exquisite mastery is beyond doubt. But here even more importantly he manages to convey with power and conviction the eternal conflict between the self interest of those who rule and the people who crave for mercy; between the double-dealer and those who suffer beneath his yoke. Shakespeare gives a for-all-times definition of the idea of opposition, its meaning only having increased as time has passed, and increased infinitely.”
Marina Tokareva, Novaya Gazeta
“Russia today anatomised in Declan Donnellan’s new show, an immaculate performance. Trenchant, compelling, stunning, the entire company are breathtaking.”
Vash Dosug
“From every point of view this production is a total success.”
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
“Authentically Russian.”
RBK Daily
“A shattering portrait of contemporary Russia.”
Novaya Gazeta
“Donnellan is not the first foreign director to work in Russia, but probably the first to have felt the true spirit of Russian theatre, its absolute essence. The greatest traditions of Russian theatre pulse through his work.”
Ria Weekend
“Unsettling poignancy… vivid and uncommonly moving… a strange, ultimately profound beauty.”
The New York Times. Read the full review
“Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod build a whole world out of the human form.”
The Washington Post. Read the full review
“Transfixing, eerily current.”
The Boston Globe. Read the full review
“Like a punch to the guts”
The Telegraph