Measure for Pleasure
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Measure for Pleasure is a play written by David Grimm, and first played in 2006. It is set in the style of a Restoration comedy and concerns the romantic couplings of a host of nobles and servants.
Set in 1751, Measure for Pleasure uses classic farce, including mistaken identities, mismatched lovers, deception and wordplay.
Theater critic Anthony Del Valle summed the plot as follows:
A valet falls in love with a young transvestite prostitute, who has the hots for a womanizing braggart, who desires the affections of a beautiful maiden. There are more pairings and complications, and, miracle of miracles, all lovers are happily united by evening's end.
— Anthony Del Valle, Reality shines through foolishness in 'Measure', Las Vegas Review Journal[1]