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Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice - Antonio
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.
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The Merchant of Venice - Full Cast & Crew
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 ...
The Merchant of Venice: 'nothing short of gripping'
"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 ...
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Carnovsky Great in 'Merchant of Venice'
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 ...
Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice 1936 at Leeds Playhouse
Following a second sold out West End run, the critically acclaimed production arrives at Leeds Playhouse from 18-22 February ...
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Review: The Merchant of Venice 1936, Theatre Royal Bath – ‘Superb, vital, and utterly absorbing’
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 ...