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 ...

This updated adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’, adapted by Brigid ... Tracy-Ann Oberman’s character, Shylock, is centre stage, representing the working-class Jewish ...

In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in ...