The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto
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- Shaul Bassi - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email orcid profile
- Carol Chillington Rutter - University of Warwick - 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 Ghetto • Gratiano • Karin Coonrod • Lewis Carroll • Lighting design • Otto Taubmann • Adaptation • Bassanio • George Braque and Shakespeare • Heritage • Site specific performance • Theatre design • Mock Appeal: Shylock v • Venice • Narrativization • Jews • Rehearsal • Translation • Holocaust • The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto • Adapting Shakespeare • Actors on Shakespeare • Memory • Children’s literature • Music design • Lorenzo • Mock Trial: Shylock v • The Merchant in the Ghetto • Aestheticism • Antonio • Adrian Beecham • Chromaticism • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Directing Shakespeare • Laurence Olivier • History • Portia • Shakespeare’s trial scenes • The quality of mercy • Jessica • Murray Abraham • Music • Foerster • Opera • F • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Shakespeare’s comedies of love • Children reading Shakespeare • Reynaldo Hahn • Costume design • Antisemitism • Josef B • Humanities • Site-specific performance • Designing Shakespeare • Site-specific Shakespeare • Site-specific design • Lancelot Gobbo • Shylock • Ciro Pinsuti • Fiction • The Merchant of Venice • Performing Shakespeare • Compagnia de’ Colombari • Charles and Mary Lamb • Aldo Finzi • Mercy
Thema codes DSG • ATD • 5PX-GB-S • 1DST-IT-NVE
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 | Numero pagine 238 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 10 Giugno 2021 | Lingua en
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