Portia takes this moment to beg for his patience. Shylock, a greedy money-lender, provides Antonio a loan, even though Antonio often berates Shylock for being a Jew. The terms of the loan are that ...

The characters Antonio (the merchant of the title), Bassanio, and Shylock, the Jewish money lender are all based in this city. Portia and her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa live in Belmont, an imaginary ...

He can’t pay back the 3000, so Shylock demands his pound of flesh. Meanwhile Bassanio chooses the right box and marries Portia. Bassanio hears the news about Antonio and runs to help him in court.

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In the courtroom, Portia steps and argues for 'specific performance' in the contract. This meant Shylock would have to cut the flesh, not less or more, and not shed blood. Here in Kenya ...

Shylock makes a sensible appeal, reasoning, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?" And Portia waxes eloquent that "the quality of mercy ...

In this new version, Oswald Mosley inspires Antonio, the merchant who takes a loan from Shylock and offers a seemingly fanciful penalty for defaulting: a pound of flesh. The heiress Portia becomes ...

Portia arrives to Antonio's trial disguised as Balthazar, a lawyer. Portai has each party stand forth and questions them. Having asked if Antonio acknowledges the contract he made with Shylock and ...