Stalking the stage in a rehearsal for director Igor Golyak’s Merchant of Venice, Richard Topol plays ... His intention in breaking character, Topol says, is to remind the crowd “that the ...

Venice was an important trading centre where merchants bought and sold all manner of goods from around the world. The characters Antonio (the merchant of the title), Bassanio, and Shylock ...

In the play, the bigots that menace Jews and other undesirables in the streets of Venice wear ... into a sympathetic character. Talented performers have regularly rescued Merchant from itself ...

“The Merchant ... characters, Jasmine Renee Ellis, fresh off “Lizzie” at Actor’s Express, and the very funny Alejandra Ruiz make an impact in a few scenes. This “Merchant of Venice ...

To say that playwright Sarah Mantell is no fan of “The Merchant of Venice” would be several ... the perspective of several less-prominent characters: Jessica, the daughter of the Jewish ...

“All the characters behave so badly,” she wrote. “Nobody really redeems themselves.” Written more than 400 years ago, the portrayal of Jews in “The Merchant of Venice ...

The small but mighty Shakespeare BASH’d punches way above its weight. Glenn Sumi is a Toronto-based freelance journalist who writes for the Star’s Culture section. Reach him via email ...

Featuring one of the most controversial characters in literature, Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is coming to Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Gardens, looking to open a dialogue and promote ...

This highly entertaining adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish theater artist Igor Golyak, is a wild ride that takes a startling and tragic turn ...