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This is a play arousing conflicting passions. A comedy of three intertwined stories, the first involves Antonio - who risks his life to borrow the money from the Jew, Shylock, so that Bassanio can woo Portia. The second is the story of Shylock himself - an alien who risks everything for revenge, but to his downfall. And in the romantic story of Lorenzo and Jessica, love crosses racial and religious boundaries. At the resolution, Shylock is destroyed; Antonio is rich, but may have lost his love as Bassanio is married; and Lorenzo has Jessica.
What is the enduring appeal of this dark and troubling play? This study tries to answer in a stimulating and informative way.
Alan Ablewhite is an actor and director who believes that Shakespeare's plays reach out across the centuries dealing with eternal questions of the human condition.
9 781871 551969
This is a play arousing conflicting passions. A comedy of three intertwined stories, the first involves Antonio - who risks his life to borrow the money from the Jew, Shylock, so that Bassanio can woo Portia. The second is the story of Shylock himself - an alien who risks everything for revenge, but to his downfall. And in the romantic story of Lorenzo and Jessica, love crosses racial and religious boundaries. At the resolution, Shylock is destroyed; Antonio is rich, but may have lost his love as Bassanio is married; and Lorenzo has Jessica.
What is the enduring appeal of this dark and troubling play? This study tries to answer in a stimulating and informative way.
Alan Ablewhite is an actor and director who believes that Shakespeare's plays reach out across the centuries dealing with eternal questions of the human condition.
9 781871 551969