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Volume 25 | Edited book | The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto

The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto

open access
    edited by
  • Shaul Bassi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Carol Chillington Rutter - University of Warwick, UK - email

Abstract

This book records the landmark performance of The Merchant of Venice in the Venetian Ghetto in 2016, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the 500th anniversary of the Jewish quarter that gave the world the word ‘ghetto’. Practitioners and critics discuss how this multi-ethnic production and its radical choice to cast five actors as Shylock provided the opportunity to respond creatively to Europe’s legacy of antisemitism, racism and difference. They observe how the place and play stand as ambivalent documents of civilization: instruments of intolerance but also sites of cultural exchange.

Keywords Site-specific performanceThe Merchant in the GhettoPerforming ShakespeareCharles and Mary LambAdapting ShakespeareGhettoMock Trial: Shylock vSite-specific ShakespeareChildren’s literatureCiro PinsutiFoersterMercyHistoryLaurence OlivierDesigning ShakespeareAdaptationThe quality of mercyRehearsalLewis CarrollBassanioFAldo FinziLorenzoJewsOtto TaubmannGeorge Braque and ShakespeareKarin CoonrodCostume designTranslationGratianoOperaAestheticismFictionShakespeare’s comedies of loveThe Merchant of VeniceDirecting ShakespeareHumanitiesAdrian BeechamMusic designJosef BRuth Bader GinsburgMario Castelnuovo-TedescoReynaldo HahnMurray AbrahamChildren reading ShakespeareAntisemitismThe Merchant of Venice in the GhettoCompagnia de’ ColombariHolocaustMemorySite-specific designNarrativizationTheatre designSite specific performanceHeritageShylockShakespeare’s trial scenesVeniceActors on ShakespeareLighting designMusicMock Appeal: Shylock vPortiaJessicaChromaticismAntonioLancelot Gobbo

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-503-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-504-9 | Number of pages 238 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published June 10, 2021 | Language en

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