In our contemporary atmosphere where great works of art are scrutinized for possible offense, it’s popular to suggest that Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” should no longer be performed because ...

This Shylock wears Groucho glasses. Stalking the stage in a rehearsal for director Igor Golyak’s Merchant of Venice, Richard Topol plays it to the hilt. He tabulates his interest rate on the back of ...

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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare set in Italy in the 16th century. It is classified as a comedy, although it also has elements of tragedy. The play is made up of five acts – a ...

John Douglas Thompson and Maurice Jones in Theatre for a New Audience's "The Merchant of Venice." (Courtesy Henry Grossman) Critics, actors and playwrights have recently called into question whether ...

Pacino stars as Shylock opposite Lily Rabe as Portia in Daniel Sullivan's revival of the classic, which began Broadway previews Oct. 19, 2010, after a run as part of Shakespeare in the Park's ...

One of Shakespeare's most striking and morally intriguing plays, The Merchant of Venice is set in 16th Century Venice. The Jews are looked down upon and forced to wear red hats in order for the ...

A play that tends to chafe with modern audiences is transformed via this clear-headed reclamation into a haunting drama for our financially and morally complicated times. By David Rooney Chief Film ...

Pretty much every lawyer in the English-speaking world has heard of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Merchant is one of Shakespeare's "problem plays." For a comedy, it isn't very funny, and the ...

In The Merchant of Venice, Pacino’s beard, a full rabbinical one, is bushy and gray, but, once again, the eyes have it. They express the hidden forces — the sadness, rage, and bitter lunge for respect ...

New York stages have hosted many estimable Shylocks, but I doubt that any of them has evoked slavery with greater resonance than John Douglas Thompson does in the penetrating new production of The ...