Trying Portia

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5835
dc.contributor.author	Chillington Rutter Carol
dc.title	Trying Portia
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Extraordinary in itself, the 2016 performance of The Merchant in the Venetian Ghetto produced an equally extraordinary collateral performance. Staged in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a ‘Mock Appeal in the Matter of Shylock vs Antonio’ was heard by a bench presided over by Ruth Bader Ginsberg. A curious aspect of the Appeal was that Portia made an appellee. This essay investigates the decision to try Portia. What cultural, political, religious needs were served by bringing Portia into court? Thinking about Justice and Mercy, law, bonds, and love, this essay asks: when the verdict was pronounced, was antisemitism recuperated by misogyny?
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-06-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-504-9/trying-portia/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2/009
dc.identifier.issn	2610-993X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9123
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-504-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-503-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Adaptation
dc.subject	Adaptation
dc.subject	Antonio
dc.subject	Antonio
dc.subject	Children reading Shakespeare
dc.subject	Children reading Shakespeare
dc.subject	Mock Trial: Shylock v
dc.subject	Mock Trial: Shylock v
dc.subject	Portia
dc.subject	Portia
dc.subject	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
dc.subject	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
dc.subject	Shakespeare’s comedies of love
dc.subject	Shakespeare’s comedies of love
dc.subject	Shakespeare’s trial scenes
dc.subject	Shakespeare’s trial scenes
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto
dc.subject	The quality of mercy
dc.subject	The quality of mercy

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Trying Portia

Carol Chillington Rutter University of Warwick, UK

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Extraordinary in itself, the 2016 performance of The Merchant in the Venetian Ghetto produced an equally extraordinary collateral performance. Staged in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a ‘Mock Appeal in the Matter of Shylock vs Antonio’ was heard by a bench presided over by Ruth Bader Ginsberg. A curious aspect of the Appeal was that Portia made an appellee. This essay investigates the decision to try Portia. What cultural, political, religious needs were served by bringing Portia into court? Thinking about Justice and Mercy, law, bonds, and love, this essay asks: when the verdict was pronounced, was antisemitism recuperated by misogyny?

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June 10, 2021

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978-88-6969-504-9

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978-88-6969-503-2

Keywords: Antonio • Portia • Mock Trial: Shylock v • Shakespeare’s trial scenes • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Adaptation • The Merchant of Venice • The quality of mercy • Children reading Shakespeare • The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto • Shakespeare’s comedies of love

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