Shylock refers to the villainous Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” who demands a pound of flesh ...

The most famous merchant of America, Jeff Bezos, got married in Venice over the last weekend of June. While the world gawked ...

Richard Topol will play Shylock in a Merchant of Venice that returns to the Bard’s comedic intentions. Photo by Kirill Simakov “I’m trying to really lean into and see if we as an audience ...

President Donald Trump drew fierce criticism and was accused of anti-Semitism for a comment he made during a speech in which ...

The full cast of Igor Golyak's stage of "The Merchant of Venice." Back, from left: Fedor Zhuravlev (sound design and composer), Noah Pacht, José Espinosa, Tess Goldwyn.

The word “shylock” comes from Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, where it refers to a Jewish moneylender who demands ...

“The Merchant of Venice,” onstage at Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse through Aug. 14, is one of the Bard’s romantic comedies, but some of its 16th-centur ...

There are many characters in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Take an in-depth look at the main ones identifying their key attributes and relationships and analysing their part in the ...

Kim F. Hall’s introduction to Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England also makes a clear connection between race and gender in early modern England, which suggests a ...

Now onstage at the New Ohio Theatre in Greenwich Village, the Untitled Theater Company No. 61 production that debuted June 1 and runs through June 17 reimagines “The Merchant of Venice” from ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage for a 21st century audience," said Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman.Torn between his desire to give all ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The main characters in The Merchant of Venice are: Shylock, Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. The secondary characters ...