Playwrights Lauren M. Gunderson and Sarah Mantell are reimagining supporting characters from “Hamlet” and “The Merchant of ...

Merchant Antonio (Jesse Nerenberg) lends money to his friend Bassanio (Cameron Laurie) so the latter can travel to Belmont to ...

Dominic Green on a recent production of “The Merchant of Venice.” ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage for a 21st century audience," ...

It eventually inspired me to take up my current role, as Shylock in a version of Shakespeare’s problem comedy The Merchant of Venice. I’m the first British woman to play the role – Shylock is ...

Oberman’s family history helped unlock Shakespeare’s enduringly controversial play, The Merchant of Venice. Her relatives survived the Battle of Cable Street in 1936 – a little-known event in London’s ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage for a 21st century audience," said Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman. Torn between his desire to give ...

Theatre For A New Audience is an American group based in New York City, and their 2022 production of The Merchant of Venice, which here marks the company’s Edinburgh debut, bristles with new word ...

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This is a very clever and passionate adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. It is one of the Bard's most complex of plays - often deemed problematic. On the parchment surface it is a 'comedy' yet there ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Arin Arbus's bold reimagining of The ...

The culture secretary has said she is "not worried" about the way the arts approach controversial topics amid fears ...