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===Film adaptations=== * The 1979 BBC version, shot on videotape and directed by Desmond Davis, is generally considered a faithful rendition of the play. [[Kate Nelligan]] plays Isabella, [[Tim Pigott-Smith]] plays Angelo and [[Kenneth Colley]] plays the Duke. It was shown on PBS in the United States as part of the ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#Measure for Measure|BBC Television Shakespeare]]'' series. * A 1994 TV adaptation was set in the present day, and starred [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Corin Redgrave]] and [[Juliet Aubrey]]. * In a 2006 version directed by Bob Komar the play is set in the British Army in the present day. It starred Josephine Rogers as Isabella, Daniel Roberts as Angelo, and Simon Phillips as the Duke.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Rogers|first1=Josephine|title=Measure for Measure|date=2006-09-01|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0834931/?ref_=rvi_tt|last2=Roberts|last3=Phillips|last4=Agerwald|first2=Daniel|first3=Simon|first4=Emma|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> * The 2015 film ''M4M: Measure for Measure'' recontextualizes Isabella's character by changing her gender from female to male, making this version the first to incorporate homosexual interactions.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Adler|first1=Howard|title=M4M: Measure for Measure|date=2013-02-28|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2708382/?ref_=rvi_tt|last2=Alford|last3=Asher|last4=Benjamin|first2=Jarod Christopher|first3=Howard|first4=Jeremiah|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> * A 2019 Australian feature film adaptation, directed by [[Paul Ireland]], is set in contemporary Melbourne.
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