Learning on ScreenShakespeare’s Merchant
- Synopsis
- The Merchant of Venice set in contemporary California and focusing on the relationship between Bassanio and Antonio. The film is a modern re-telling of the play - a Jewish woman is raped in broad daylight while people watch gleefully and a young man in a yarmulke is beaten senseless on the beach. In this atmosphere of 13th century lawless anti-Semitism, [Synopsis from product description]. Bruce Cornwell is Shylock.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2003
- Duration
- 86 mins
Credits
- Director
- Paul Wagar
- Producer
- Brad Mays; Lorenda Starfelt; Paul Wagar
- Cinematographer
- Paul Mayne
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Screenplay
- Paul Wagar
- Music
- Michael Kaulkin
- Production Design
- Rachel Sage Kunin
- Costume
- Rachel Sage Kunin
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Ark Theatre Company
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gay and lesbian interpretations
Notes
- Notes
- Film based on the staging by the Ark Theatre Company at the Whitefire Theatre, Sherman Oaks, CA, February 2001.
Available on DVD (Region 1 only).
Production Company
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
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