Antonio is one of the main characters in The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shakespeare. Antonio and his friend Bassanio ask for a loan so that Bassanio can impress Portia, the woman he loves.

In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in ...

This is precisely what Michael Kahn, aged 29, has done with The Merchant of Venice now in view at the ... a gesture of loathing.M John Devlin plays Antonio, the eponymous merchant, with a good ...

Antonio tells Bassanio to not be sad because he feels lucky. He said only be sad he is losing a friend, not that he helped pay Bassanio's debt. Shylock, a money-lender, lends Antonio a loan, even ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage ... a character flaw than the "product of an oppressive culture". Meanwhile Antonio, for instance, comes ...

Following a second sold out West End run, the critically acclaimed production arrives at Leeds Playhouse from 18-22 February ...

What this production – adapted by director Brigid Larmour and star (Shylock) Tracy-Ann Oberman – does is set us in London in 1936. It’s when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists were on the rise ...

Portia arrives to Antonio's trial disguised as Balthazar, a lawyer. Portai has each party stand forth and questions them. Having asked if Antonio acknowledges the contract he made with Shylock and ...