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  • "I Will Better the Instruction": Sufferance and Vengeance in the Merchant of Venice and Jewish Thought (2021 Audio)

    Series
    Twice Blest: Exploring Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible

    Audio podcast. Series that explores themes in Shakespeare through the the Hebrew Bible. In this edition, Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner looks at Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock and explores the Jewish...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (2020 Multimedia, Video)

    Series
    Show Must Go Online, The
    Director
    Robert Myles
    Producer
    Sarah Peachey

    The fourteenth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing...

  • Introduction to a Midsummer Night’s Dream (2020 Video)

    Series
    The Shakespeare 2020 Project

    Video made as part of The Shakespeare 2020 Project. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner (Linfield University) explores its designation as a comedy, its depiction of Jews and its use of genre.

  • Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice: Anti-Semitism As Racism (2020)

    Series
    Critic.reading.writing

    Video lecture by Professor Ato Quayson (Stanford University) who interprets the anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice via the framework provided by Frantz Fanon in his essay, ‘The Fact of Blackness’.

  • Talkest Thou Nothing but of Ladies? (2018 Audio)

    aka: Episode 101

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Esther French; Garland Scott

    What did everyday life look like for women throughout Tudor society? A new social history, The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton, introduces us not only to the restrictions, but also to some of...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (2016 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide
    Producer
    Mohini Patel

    Radio broadcast. A five-part series in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide, with contributions from actors and theatre directors. The third programme...

  • Paterson Joseph (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Solos
    Director
    Dan Susman

    Leading actors perform some of Shakespeare’s greatest speeches in a video series to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock’s lines from The Merchant of...

  • Laura Carmichael (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Solos
    Director
    Dan Susman

    Leading actors perform some of Shakespeare’s greatest speeches in a video series to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from The Merchant of...

  • Wolf in the Water, The (2016 Radio)

    Series
    Drama on 3
    Producer
    Polly Thomas

    Radio drama. An imaginative response by Naomi Alderman to The Merchant of Venice asking what happened to Jessica.

  • Quality of Mercy, The (2016 Television)

    Series
    Upstart Crow
    Director
    Matt Lipsey
    Producer
    Gareth Edwards

    Television sitcom in six parts, written by Ben Elton and David Mitchell, following Shakespeare as he tries to make a name for himself and juggle the work-life balance. In this episode, there is money to be...