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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on William Shakespeare's play.It is the first full-length sound film in English of Shakespeare's play—other versions are videotaped productions that were made for television, including John Sichel's 1973 version and Jack Gold's 1980 BBC production.
All of the marriages that ended The Merchant of Venice are unhappy, Antonio is an obsessive bore reminiscing about his escape from death, but Shylock, freed from religious prejudice, is richer than before and a close friend and confidant of the Doge. Arnold Wesker's play The Merchant (1976) is a reimagining of Shakespeare's story. [12]
The Merchant is a 1976 play in two acts [1] by the English dramatist Arnold Wesker. It is based on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and focuses on the Jewish Shylock character, that play's principal antagonist. [2] [3] Wesker began writing the play after seeing a 1973 performance by Laurence Olivier. [2]
The Merchant of Venice is an opera by André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982) to a libretto, based on the Shakespeare play, by John O'Brien. Written between 1968 and 1982, it was first performed in 2013 at the Bregenz Festival. The British premiere was presented by the Welsh National Opera in September 2016.
In Il Pecorone, there is a similar plot to the ring plot in the Merchant of Venice, but it only exists between one pair, instead of the two couples in the Merchant of Venice. Additionally, the character that is the Bassanio equivalent does not try to apologize for giving away the ring in Il Pecorone , and those that are involved in the ring ...
Ashleigh Merchant, right, an attorney for Trump co-defendant Mike Roman, and her husband and law partner John Merchant, left, attend a hearing at the Fulton County courthouse on 27 February (EPA)
"Deconstructing the Christian Merchant: Antonio and The Merchant of Venice." Shofar 20.2 (2002) Schneiderman, Jason (2014). "Four Poems". The American Poetry Review. 43 (1): 14– 15. ISSN 0360-3709. JSTOR 24592298. Shakespeare, William, and Kenneth Myrick. The Merchant of Venice with New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography ...