The Merchant of Venice

A Bill of Lading and a Merchant of London (and of Venice)
When Past is Prologue: Munro, Malley, and the #IranRevolution

Nathan the Wise: An 18th-century German counterpoint to Shakespeare’s Shylock
Excerpt: 'Irregular Unions' by Katharine Cleland
Historical connections: The Black page in Henry Irving’s Victorian production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’

Strange Shakespeare: The anti-Shylock in the boxing ring

Shakespeare and Folktales
Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 138 You probably know where Shakespeare got the ideas for his plays. His Histories come from Holinshed’s Chronicles. Caesar and other Roman plays depend on Plutarch’s Lives. The Comedy of Errors is based on Plautus’s Menaechmi. But what…

Excerpt: Shakespeare and the Folktale
What are the connections between traditional folktales and Shakespeare’s plays? Charlotte Artese, an English professor at Agnes Scott College in Georgia, sets out to explore these folktale sources in a new anthology of stories, Shakespeare and the Folktale, published October…

Drawing Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice

Play on! Q&A: Elise Thoron and Julie Felise Dubiner on translating 'The Merchant of Venice'

Usury and 'The Merchant of Venice': An excerpt from 'London's Triumph' by Stephen Alford

Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice': Perpetuating stereotypes or sparking much-needed conversations?
Matthew Boston (Shylock) in District Merchants, a variation on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Folger Theatre, 2016. Photo by Teresa Wood. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice ends badly for Shylock, with the court ruling against him and his claim on Antonio’s…