# Mistress Overdone — Measure for Measure character guide

> Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-act-i-scene-ii

## Who they are

A brothel keeper in Vienna who is arrested under Angelo's new strict laws.

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