In Shylock’s famous speech below, he talks about Antonio’s behaviour towards him. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my ...

awful” – her famous courtroom speech about “the quality of mercy” emerges as an act of hypocrisy rather than humanity. And Shylock changes sex, played by Oberman as a single mother ...

The heiress Portia becomes “a beautiful glacial Mitford type, awful” – her famous courtroom speech about “the quality of mercy” emerges as an act of hypocrisy rather than humanity. And Shylock changes ...