The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Synopsis

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’.

Main Cast

Dominic Mafham

Antonio

Age : 56 | Popularity : 9%

Douglas Brian Martin

Salarino

Age : 69 | Popularity : 7%

Regé-Jean Page

Solanio

Age : 34 | Popularity : 19%

Daniel Lapaine

Bassanio

Age : 52 | Popularity : 7%

Ben Lamb

Lorenzo

Age : 35 | Popularity : 9%

David Sturzaker

Gratiano

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Rachel Pickup

Portia

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Dorothea Myer-Bennett

Nerissa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Theatre Play	William Shakespeare
Camera	Director of Photography	Robin Lough
Art	Art Designer	Mike Britton
Crew	Fight Choreographer	Kate Waters
	Choreographer	Lucy Hind
Directing	Director	Jonathan Munby
Sound	Music Director	Jules Maxwell
Department	Role	Name

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