According to a 1993 New York Times article by the theater critic John Gross, the Nazis staged “The Merchant of Venice” 20 times in 1933, and a subsequent 30 times between 1934 and 1939.

We should keep in mind that in the first century and a half of its history, “The Merchant of Venice” was hardly ever produced, and it virtually disappeared from the stage. Let’s give it a ...

Actors who have played Shylock and local artists and arts administrators respond to the question of whether non-Jews can play the Shakespearean character.

On a recent weekend, I eagerly set out to see two new productions that prominently center Blackness: the director Arin Arbus’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and ...

Director Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice is a gift. Since the Holocaust, to present this brilliant, challenging Shakespeare play about Jew-hating Christians and hateful Jewish ...

And yet, it continues to be performed around the world — including here in New York with a new, off-Broadway production of “The Merchant of Venice” that will open at Classic Stage Company ...

Take quizzes and revise the themes in Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice' for your GCSE English Literature exam.