THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE—THE DIRECTOR’S PREROGATIVE.

THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE—THE DIRECTOR’S PREROGATIVE. Note that those alternative endings do not change the words of Shakespeare’s script. Thus they are consistent with a contemporary theory that the director should have discretion to change any action in a play which does not change the words. I have heard the theory expressed that the first thing a director should do when he gets a new script is to cross out the stage directions.