Learning on ScreenMerchant of Venice, The
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of Theatre for a New Audience’s 2007 production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Darko Tresnjak with F. Murray Abraham as Shylock.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 10 Mar 2007
- Duration
- 139 mins
Credits
- Director
- Darko Tresnjak
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- John Lee Beatty
- Costume
- Linda Cho
- Contributor
- Patrick Hoffman
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Duke on 42nd Street, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- Theatre for a New Audience
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- The production is set in the modern digitised world of Wall Street.
- History
- The production played in repertoire with Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta. Both productions were videotaped the same day. The production played from 22-31 March at the Swan Theatre as part of the Complete Works Festival in Stratford upon Avon and was recorded on video by the Royal Shakespeare Company. This performance is catalogued separately.
- Reviews
- Crisculoa, Michael. nytheatre.com (3 February 2007).
Production Company
- Name
Parker Hodges Productions
- Address
- USA
- Notes
- A production company making the video recordings of stage productions for the Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT), New York
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
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