"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage ... and persuasive human voice" and the "ingrained antisemitism" of his time, Shakespeare left them ...

The pacing lags slightly towards the end, but Shakespeare did write five acts. Arbus’s reimagining of The Merchant of Venice is a timely reminder that Shakespeare’s themes of power ...

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will ...

This is a very clever and passionate adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. It is one of the Bard's most complex of plays - ...