Shakespeare’s work generally speaks across eras, addressing modern audiences without requiring much intervention. “The Merchant of Venice,” rooted in Elizabethan antisemitism, is a notable ...

Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park presents Merchant of Venice in June. Left to right: Megan Campbell (Jessica), Maria Coleman (Portia) and Heidi Walko (Nerissa) anticipate the play's happy ending.

A Pound of Flesh focuses on the relationship between Antonio and Bassanio, which can easily be read as queer in the original text. Some interpretations choose to ignore this entirely, some imply it, ...

Technically, "The Merchant of Venice" is categorized as one of Shakespeare's comedies, in that it has several pairs of scheming lovers, women pulling off some rather unlikely gender masquerades ...

But Portia argues that he has already refused it. Moreover, as an alien (Jew) who has attempted to take a Venetian's life, Shylock must die - and sacrifice his whole fortune.

With Portia's speech, Thrash reminded the lawyers gathered at the State Bar last year, Shakespeare "counsels us against overreaching and making unfair demands of our adversaries.

Entertainment Syracuse Shakespeare-In-The-Park announces a new season with all-female Merchant of Venice, West Side Story Published: Apr. 22, 2023, 7:00 a.m.

If you've been casting around since April trying to find a way to celebrate Shakespeare's 400th deathday, look no further than The Merchant of Venice, just now completing its run at the Kennedy ...

Imagine you are a playwright in the late 1500s. That was William Shakespeare’s heyday. How is one to compete with him? That’s the dilemma the Bottom brothers face in “Something Rotten ...