Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden to Swap Roles in Shakespeare Twist Play

The stars will swap roles as a nun and a powerful politician in the new Josie Rourke production at the Donmar Warehouse.

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“Howards End” star Hayley Atwell is set to give Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure a gender-bending twist when she switches roles with Jack Lowden onstage in London.

The stars will swap roles as a nun and a powerful politician in the new Josie Rourke production at the Donmar Warehouse, which will explore gender issues and power.

“Within every performance in this production, Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden will alternate the roles of the powerful and powerless, Angelo and Isabella,” Rourke said.

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