PostEverything ‘The Merchant of Venice’ perpetuates vile stereotypes of Jews. So why do we still produce it? Let's give this Shakespeare play a rest from the stage.

“The Merchant of Venice” will never stop requiring that its readers, audiences and critics reckon with its problems and prejudices.

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

New productions of “The Merchant of Venice” and “Black No More” aim to reflect our current racial politics. The results are uneven.

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 ...

THE literature of The Merchant of Venice, which is reviewed and summarized in this new volume of Mr. Furness’s invaluable edition, 1 is less in amount than has gathered about the former plays of ...

Merchant of Venice runs Thursday and Friday nights, starting at 7 p.m. at the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

Knight talk about starring in the new play, "The Merchant of Venice." California closes $12 billion budget deficit with hit to migrants Remembering 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Cast Members That We've Lost ...

The work is a creative reinterpretation of William Shakespeare’s classic play “The Merchant of Venice,” reimagined with traditional Korean music and vocal styles. Following its critically ...

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 ...

The Merchant of Venice contains multiple romantic subplots, which are rendered here in somewhat slapstick fashion. But some of the best jokes come at the expense of the original play itself.

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