F. Murray Abraham Off-Broadway The Merchant of Venice 2007 Al Pacino Broadway The Merchant of Venice 2010 Balthsara Off-Broadway The Merchant of Venice 1980 Gratiano Off-Broadway The Merchant of ...

Although you wouldn’t know it from this newsletter, I don’t like consuming culture about anti-Semitism. This might sound surprising, given my chosen profession. But precisely because covering ...

Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are getting a foothold in London’s East End. Shylock, here a single parent, requests a pound of flesh from Antonio, part of Mosley’s aficionados, in order to clear his ...

In 1971, legendary British actress Judi Dench played Portia in a production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” In her book about the playwright published this spring, Dench is candid and ...

Portia stands right of center holding a piece of paper in her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is on Shylock's proper left shoulder. Shylock stands left of center with his head bent down. He ...

The choice of location (not Venice) and date for the update is crucial here – the eruption of violence in the East End occasioned by the rise of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), led by Oswald ...