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Documentary. Alan Yentob travels to the ghetto in Venice with novelist Howard Jacobson as he embarks on a retelling of The Merchant of Venice. Through a series of interviews, they examine the charge of...
Documentary. Avner Hezkiyahu rehearses his portrayal of Shylock against a background of stills illustrating Renaissance life and the Jewish community in Venice.
Actor John Nettles and writer Kathy Lette discuss whether Shylock is a blood-thirsty money lender or a victim of racial prejudice. John Nettles argues that Shylock’s need for revenge is understandable when...
Symposium sponsored jointly by Hofstra University Law School and the Law and Humanities Institute. Susan W. Tiefenbrun moderates. The proceedings, consist of several segments: the performance of the trial...
Abridged version of the play adapted for radio and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Ernest Milton as Shylock and Freda Jackson as Portia.
Six-part documentary series on the history of global finance written and presented by Professor Niall Ferguson. In this first episode Ferguson speaks (c 10 mins) about the history of usary, referring to...
A production filmed live at the Center for Jewish History, New York. A modern-English version of the play staged in a Sephardi style with Jewish Ladinos songs. French actor and baritone David Serero is...
Fiction film of The Merchant of Venice directed by Henri Desfontaines with Harry Baur as Shylock. The film greatly abbreviates the play and omits the Jessica subplot and other incidents. Ball comments ‘The...
Schools radio broadcast adapted from material supplied by Douglas R. Allan. In the first part of this 2-part programme, the producer and some of the cast discuss how Shylock should be played. The second...
Set in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, 1563, and narrated from Shylock’s perspective, this rewriting of Shakespeare’s play by British playwright Arnold Wesker retains the core plot of Shakespeare’s play...
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