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The merchant of Venice

Warren Mitchell plays Shylock the wily Jew with Martin Jarvis as Antonio and Samuel West as Bassanio in Shakespeare's dramatic and complex comedy. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard. In the acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre. Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.

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  • "Shylock's speech"@en
  • "Merchant of Venice"@en
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  • "Fully dramatized recording of William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice"
  • "Quicksilver Radio Theater presents The merchant of Venice"
  • "Fully dramatized recording of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice"@en
  • "Fully dramatized recording of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice"

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  • "Warren Mitchell plays Shylock the wily Jew with Martin Jarvis as Antonio and Samuel West as Bassanio in Shakespeare's dramatic and complex comedy. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard. In the acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre. Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium."@en
  • "The pound of flesh and the choice of the casket are the two themes which make this memorable, and somewhat mystifying. For in spite of the drama of Shylock's aborted revenge against his persecutors, the play is a comedy, and a romantic one at that, as the fifth act makes clear. the play was probably written in 1956."@en
  • "Presents the earliest of Shakespeare's three comedies."@en
  • "Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats. However, Shylock has one condition: should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh ..."@en
  • ""In Shakespear's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid."--Container."
  • "The Merchant of Venice explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice."
  • "Bassanio, with the help of merchant, Antonio, borrows money from Shylock, a wealthy Jew, in order to woo Portia. Portia disguises herself as a lawyer and foils Shylock's ability to exact retribution from Bassanio for failing to repay the debt."@en
  • "[This drama] is about love and marriage. But the path to marriage in this play is unusually hazardous.... To win [Portia's] hand, {Bassanio} must put his future at risk in an attempt to choose correctly among three caskets or chests of gold, silver, and lead. If he chooses rightly, he wins, in marriage, the beautiful, intelligent, and supremely resourceful Portia and her great wealthy. If he chooses wrongly, he must forever abandon Portia and may never propose marriage to any other woman. -p. xiii."
  • "Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats. However, Shylock has one condition: should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh... Greed, love, a dramatic trial, broad humour and some of Shakespeare's most famous speeches - this is both a comedy and a tragedy - Container."
  • "Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid."
  • "Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid."@en
  • "Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition: should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonios own flesh."@en
  • "A recording of Shakespeare's tragedy "The merchant of Venice"."
  • "Shakespeare's classic play explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice, with parallel stories centered on the moneylender, Shylock, and the lovers, Portia and Bassanio. Shylock's angry insistence on the repayment of his debt from Bassanio ends in the Venetian courts where he demands his "pound of flesh." Meanwhile Portia, a wealthy young Venetian woman, must marry one of her many suitors. Her late father's will has set the challenge by means of three caskets, one gold, one silver, and one lead. The climax of the play takes place in court, with Portia, now disguised as a man and defending the life of Antonio, Bassanio's friend, imploring Shylock to show mercy."@en
  • "Hugh Griffin, Harry Andrews, Ian Holm and Roy Dotrice perform Shakespeare's tragic comedy."
  • "Comedy written in 1595 and concerns the characters Bassanio, Portia, Antonio, Jessica, Lorenzo and the Jew Shylock. The sources of the plot are a play called The Jew, first mentioned in 1579, Fiorentino's Il Pecorone (1558) and the Gesta Romanorum (1472)."@en
  • "Presents a radio adaptation of Shakespeare's "tale of the bonds and the boundaries of society, of money, and of the heart", on the occasion of the play's 400th anniversary."
  • "Presents summaries of two plays by William Shakespeare which are illustrated by significant scenes to give the sense and feeling of each play. Includes narration, period music, and sound effects."
  • "Presents Shakespeare's classic play about Shylock, a Jewish moneylender with a successful business in Venice. Bassanio borrows a sum of money from Shylock so that he can woo Portia. Portia disguises herself as a lawyer and foils Shylock's ability to exact retribution from Bassanio for failing to repay the debt. Includes sound effects and instrumental accompaniment."
  • "Bassanio, with the help of merchant, Antonio, borrows money from Shylock, a wealthy jew, in order to woo Portia. Shylock loans the money on the condition that a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Portia disguises herself as a lawyer and foils Shylock's ability to exact retribution from Bassanio for failing to repay the debt."@en
  • "An unabridged full-cast recording of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice."@en
  • "Cassette recording of the complete play in five acts."
  • "Cassette 1.--Act I - Act II.--Cassette 2.--Act III - Act IV."@en
  • "This comedy sets a generous and clear-sighted woman in sharp contrast to a markedly unsocial man. The complete play in five acts with full cast."@en
  • "[This book is] the complete original text laid out side-by-side with the full modern translation.-Back cover."
  • "'The Merchant of Venice' explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice."@en
  • "The exploration of the twin themes of justice and mercy is given in the story of the Venetian Shylock who wants "a pound of flesh" as payment from a debtor."@en
  • "Komedie over een Venetiaanse koopman die tegen een merkwaardig onderpand een lening sluit bij een woekeraar."
  • "Bassanio, with the help of merchant, Antonio, borrows money from Shylock, a wealthy jew, in order to woo Portia. Portia disguises herself as a lawyer and foils Shylock's ability to exact retribution from Bassanio for failing to repay the debt."@en

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