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Performance

VenueCriterion Theatre
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From15th February 2024
To23rd March 2024
When19:30. Wed, Thu, Sat Mats 14:30
Criterion Theatre (V387)
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  • Date of change: 19 Dec 23 - T1107724858

The Merchant of Venice - 1936

The Merchant of Venice

Work:: The Merchant of Venice (S01680904621)

Shylock is a proud and defiant man. But when he demands a severe debt to be repaid he becomes a victim of his own intransigence and most seriously, the prejudice of others.
Author Shakespeare

Production:: 1936 (T1107724858)

London, 1936 the threat of fascism grows day by day. Shylock a widow, single mother and survivor of attacks on Jewish people in Russia, runs a small business from her home in Cable Street. Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists plan a march through the Jewish East End and a fragile peace is shattered. Into Shylock's world enters antisemitic Antonio in need of a loan, a dangerous deal is made. Will Shylock take her revenge? A powerful reminder of a key moment in British history.
Producer Trafalgar Theatre Productions
Producer Eilene Davidson Productions (in association with Royal Shakespeare Company)
Company Watford Palace Theatre
Company Home Manchester
Director Brigid Larmour
Costume Liz Cooke
Design Liz Cooke
Lighting Rory Beaton
Sound Sarah Weltman
Music Erran Baron Cohen
Performer Tracy-Ann Oberman (Shylock)

Listing:: L1028843453




Current production:Work

1936

London, 1936 the threat of fascism grows day by day. Shylock a widow, single mother and survivor of attacks on Jewish people in Russia, runs a small business from her home in Cable Street. Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists plan a march through the Jewish East End and a fragile peace is shattered. Into Shylock's world enters antisemitic Antonio in need of a loan, a dangerous deal is made. Will Shylock take her revenge? A powerful reminder of a key moment in British history.

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