In 1971, legendary British actress Judi Dench played Portia in a production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” In her book about the playwright published this spring, Dench is candid and ...
Portia is one of the main characters in The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shakespeare. Presenter: Portia, one of theatre’s strongest heroines and a crucial piece of casting. No audience is ...
No. XLIII. Merchant of Venice. Act V. Scene I. A Grove, and Lawn, before Portia's House. Jessica, Lorenzo, and Stephano. Painted by Mr. HODGES. Engraved by J. BROWNE. Lor. How sweet the moonlight ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: A new ‘Merchant of Venice’ production challenges anti-Jewish tropes by doubling down on them
A new ‘Merchant of Venice’ production challenges anti-Jewish tropes by doubling down on them
The Forward: What ‘The Merchant of Venice’ loses when no one laughs
Clothes do a lot of work in Arin Arbus’s new staging of “The Merchant of Venice.” Antonio (Alfredo Narciso), the play’s titular merchant, dresses like a tech founder just back from some problematic ...
“The Merchant of Venice,” onstage at Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse through Aug. 14, is one of the Bard’s romantic comedies, but some of its 16th-century “laughs” no longer resonate because they’re ...
The Merchant of Venice, directed and adapted by Igor Golyak (Our Class; The Orchard), opens tonight, Monday, November 25 for a limited engagement at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater, Classic Stage Company ...
This Shylock wears Groucho glasses. Stalking the stage in a rehearsal for director Igor Golyak’s Merchant of Venice, Richard Topol plays it to the hilt. He tabulates his interest rate on the back of ...