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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.
Shylock and Portia (1835) by Thomas Sully. Many modern readers and audiences have read the play as a plea for tolerance, with Shylock as a sympathetic character. Shylock's trial at the end of the play is a mockery of justice, with Portia acting as a judge when she has no real right to do so.
Macklin's most important role, the one that catapulted him to stardom in eighteenth-century London, was Shylock in The Merchant of Venice [1] on 14 February 1741. [2] For several decades, the popular version of the play was a "fixed" text by George Granville, titled The Jew of Venice.
Shylock has been produced around the world. Leiren-Young frequently collaborated with director John Juliani . The work they developed together included Articles of Faith (Anvil Press, 2001), about the Anglican church's internal struggle over the issue of same sex marriage and Leiren-Young's 1991 radio drama, Dim Sum Diaries , which received ...
In this play, Shylock is a good man and the good friend of Antonio, the title character in Shakespeare's play. [10] They bond in their love of knowledge and mutual dislike of the antisemitism in their community. [11] [12] Shylock's demand for a pound of flesh is meant as a jest, but he cannot retract it. Both Shylock and Antonio are relieved ...
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Guy Masterson. Guy Alexander Masterson (Mastroianni; born 10 August 1961) is a British actor, writer, theatre director, producer and playwright widely known for his solo theatre performances of Under Milk Wood, [1] Animal Farm, [2] and Shylock by Gareth Armstrong. [3]
"The sea otters, they're like an assistant manager for us," she said. The pattern is striking. “When the otter population was the lowest back in 2003-2004, we thought the green crabs were going ...