The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

154 mins | Comedy | Aug. 4, 2016

Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.

The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

154 mins | Comedy | Aug. 4, 2016

The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.
Producers Shakespeare's Globe
Original title The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Directors Jonathan Munby
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Dominic Mafham

as Antonio

Douglas Brian Martin

as Salarino

Regé-Jean Page

as Solanio

Ben Lamb

as Lorenzo

David Sturzaker

as Gratiano

Rachel Pickup

as Portia

Philip Cox

as Balthasar / Chus

Jonathan Pryce

as Shylock

Stefan Adegbola

as Launcelot Gobbo

Phoebe Pryce

as Jessica

Scott Karim

as Prince of Morocco

Christopher Logan

as Prince of Arragon

Michael Bertenshaw

as Duke of Venice / Tubal

Sydney Aldridge

as Ensemble

Jack Joseph

as Ensemble

Jimmy Roye-Dunne

as Ensemble