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.

Two characters both named Antonio in two different Shakespeare plays - the Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night - are often ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joseph Millson’s sneering Antonio and Georgie Fellow’s icy Portia are chilly ... Part of the impetus behind The Merchant of ...