The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto
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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.
Site-specific Shakespeare • Jessica • Bassanio • Fiction • Shylock • Lancelot Gobbo • Mercy • Children’s literature • Rehearsal • F • Actors on Shakespeare • Holocaust • Lighting design • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Opera • Lorenzo • Adaptation • Laurence Olivier • Karin Coonrod • Jews • Memory • Performing Shakespeare • Venice • Shakespeare’s trial scenes • Adapting Shakespeare • Directing Shakespeare • Gratiano • Designing Shakespeare • Ghetto • Costume design • Translation • The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto • Josef B • Murray Abraham • George Braque and Shakespeare • Chromaticism • Heritage • Mock Appeal: Shylock v • Site-specific design • The Merchant in the Ghetto • Aestheticism • Charles and Mary Lamb • Narrativization • Antisemitism • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Antonio • History • Music design • Children reading Shakespeare • Shakespeare’s comedies of love • Aldo Finzi • Ciro Pinsuti • Portia • Humanities • Music • Mock Trial: Shylock v • Reynaldo Hahn • Adrian Beecham • Lewis Carroll • The Merchant of Venice • Otto Taubmann • Site-specific performance • The quality of mercy • Site specific performance • Compagnia de’ Colombari • Theatre design • Foerster