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The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto

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

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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