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Joel Hurstfield, Astor Professor of English History at University College, London questions whether Marlowe and Shakespeare ever met a Jew? Professor Hurstfield asks this question in the light of The Jew of...
In four sections, each consisting of an interview/workshop: Part 1: A survey of the stage history of Shylock, with particular reference to the changing interpretations of the role. With Dr Tom Matheson of...
Drama by Paula and Edward Fitzgerald. Anti-Stratfordian play set in the Globe during a rehearsal for Hamlet and in Francis Bacon’s study. Details for this entry are taken from World Shakespeare...
Filmed partly on location in Venice, the specially commissioned production of The Merchant of Venice emphasises contemporary issues of capitalism, feminism, and racism in the form of anti-semitism. Bob Peck...
Television drama. Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival stage production directed for television by Bruce Minnix. George C. Scott is Shylock.
Educational series. One in a twelve-part series of films made by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (now TV Ontario). The aim was to relate ‘Shakespeare’s timeless ideas and understanding...
Film which tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand that is staging a production of Macbeth. One of the film’s characters is a dictator named ‘Dear Leader’ who...
Television drama created by Jim Leonard. Romeo and Juliet set in the adult film industry in Los Angeles. The daughter of a porn industry mogul falls in love with a district attorney, a stauch anti-porn...
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