Presenter: Portia, one of theatre’s strongest heroines ... She’s a menace to the men of Venice, winning with her wits and not with her… good looks. She’s bored of her situation and she ...

Portia enters with Bassanio and a few others. Before Portia's father passed away, he created a challenge for any potential suitor for Portia's hand in mariage. A suitor must pick one of three ...

The Merchant of Venice is a complicated play. Apart from its interweaving storylines, its genre defies classification: in its first quarto of 1600, the play is described as an “excellent history” and ...

Intelligent modern take on Shakespeare’s problem play directed by Arin Arbus and starring John Douglas Thompson as a superb ...

Portia arrives to Antonio's trial disguised as Balthazar, a lawyer. Portai has each party stand forth and questions them. Having asked if Antonio acknowledges the contract he made with Shylock and ...

THE women in my family were as tough as nails,” says Tracy-Ann Oberman, who, as a formidable actor on stage and screen, is quite a tough ...

Arin Arbus’s production of The Merchant of Venice is set in a bleak near future in which today’s broligarchs might well feel at home, writes Joyce McMillan ...

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Theatre For A New Audience is an American group based in New York City, and their 2022 production of The Merchant of Venice, which here marks the company’s Edinburgh debut, bristles with new word ...