Worth Repeating for Shakespeare

Either the text that has come to us as Measure For Measure is a hodge-podge of lines and scenes not compiled in it's original performance form, or we can throw out any idea of Shakespeare's infallible genius or the notion that he always makes it easier on actors with "the words." Yes, there is still some interesting and some intriguing moments and implications, but its by no means a logical and coherent text, story, etc. Bluntly speaking, it's a mess, especially in terms of a time line and time frame, which is supposed to make for urgency to the moment. Yet it makes little sense in that regard.