Merchant of Venice, The
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1997 production of The Merchant of Venice. Directed by Gregory Doran with Philip Voss as Shylock.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 11 Dec 1997
- Duration
- 165 mins
Credits
- Director
- Gregory Doran
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Corin Buckeridge
- Production Design
- Robert Jones
- Costume
- Sue Wilmington
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Renaissance Italy
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A recording was also made at the Barbican 25 February 1999.
- History
- Press night 10 December 1997
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- `Voss’s Shylock was hailed by some as a rediscovery of the essences of Shakespeare character after the inevitable, albeit understandable, politicisation of Shylock in more recent times. Alistair Macaulay described these ‘essences’ brought out by Voss: ‘He is so naked in his religiosity, in his hatreds, in his money-dealings, in his grief, in his vengeance, that, just as we are about to identify with him, we recoil from him. . . He is awesome and embarrassing’ (Financial Times, 15/12/97). Cited on the RSC website.
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive
- scla@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01789 204016 (bookings)
- Fax
- 01789 262073
- Address
- Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
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