Arts & Letters

“Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulder that a milkmaid, if she be in love, might sigh it off.” --Lucio to Claudio in Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” Talk about staying power. The enduring relevance of William Shakespeare to current events well into a new millennium from his time, just more than half-way through the last, is an amazement. In dialogue from “Measure for Measure” (circa 1603-04) performed with impassioned zeal and due respect for its source by the Brown Box Theatre Project, we hear lines spoken today by both the accused and his accusers in #metoo sexual … [Read More...]