Venice was an important trading centre where merchants bought and sold all manner of goods from around the world. The characters Antonio (the merchant of the title), Bassanio, and Shylock ...

Al Pacino gives one of his greatest performances as Shylock in this brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play about a ruthless 16th-century moneylender. The outstanding ensemble cast also ...

Portia enters with Bassanio and a few others. Before Portia's father passed away, he created a challenge for any potential suitor for Portia's hand in mariage. A suitor must pick one of three ...

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But the character doesn't have a significant part ... Up, up and away! Go: "The Merchant of Venice," through Sunday, Dec. 22, Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St., New York, $47 to $137 ...

The Merchant of Venice is produced by Arlekin Players Theatre & MART Foundation in association with Jadow Productions. T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy, Parade, Noises Off, Tartuffe), will play ...

Portia arrives to Antonio's trial disguised as Balthazar, a lawyer. Portai has each party stand forth and questions them. Having asked if Antonio acknowledges the contract he made with Shylock and ...

This highly entertaining adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish theater artist Igor Golyak, is a wild ride that takes a startling and tragic turn ...

Robinson, Benedict S. 2022. Resentment: Shakespeare and Nietzsche on Anger without Privilege. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol ...