Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare
Cover: Claudio and Isabella (1850), oil on panel by William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1910)
Duke Vincentio of Vienna leaves the city in the hands of the strict Angelo and secretly stays to watch, disguised as a friar. When Angelo condemns young Claudio to death and offers to spare him if his sister Isabella gives herself up, the Duke has to arrange a very awkward justice.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.