Julia Pascal - The Merchant of Venice

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. Presenter Jane Little interviews the Jewish playwright Julia Pascal about her adaptation of The Merchant of Venice at the Arcola Theatre in London. In Pascal’s version, holocaust survivor Sarah (Ruth Posner, who is herself a Warsaw ghetto survivor) comes across a performance of the play in Venice, something that creates ‘a double ghetto effect’.

Series

Woman’s Hour

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Jews; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Literary adaptation

Credits

Contributor

Jane Little; Julia Pascal

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

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