The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a merchant called Antonio and a moneylender called Shylock. Themes are the main ideas that appear repeatedly in a play.

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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In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in ...

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THE PLAYERS, THE PLAY, AND THE PRODUCTION: An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE which has a negative portrayal of a Jewish money lender demanding “a pound of flesh ...

EXCLUSIVE: William Shakespeare is headed back to ... and will be his fifth collaboration with Pacino after The Merchant of Venice (2004) in which Pacino played Shylock, Wilde Salomé (2011 ...

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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 ...