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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.
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 ...
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]
St. John Ervine's play The Lady of Belmont (1924) is a sequel to The Merchant of Venice where the characters meet again some years later. 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 ...
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne is a 1905 British novel written by William John Locke. Along with his next book, The Beloved Vagabond , it was a major success. [ 1 ]
The Glory of Clementina is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Pauline Frederick, Edward Martindel and George Cowl. [1] It is based on the 1911 novel The Glory of Clementina Wing by British author William John Locke.
John Lok was the son of Sir William Lok, the great-great-great-grandfather of the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). In 1554 he was captain of a trading voyage to Guinea . An account of his voyage was published in 1572 by Richard Eden .
"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 ...