Logo The Merchant of Venice
in a new adaptation by Julia Pascal
 

What happens when someone who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto goes to the Venice Ghetto today and meets a group of performers about to play The Merchant of Venice? Has the text set the seeds for the antisemitism of modern times? A radical exploration of The Merchant of Venice opens up areas of the play which have never previously been staged.

Directed by Julia Pascal
Designed by Sam Boardman-Jacobs
Movement Design by Thomas Kampe

Cast:

Paul Herzberg         Shylock
Ruth Posner            Sarah
Jodie Taibi               Jessica
Miranda Pleasence   Portia

The Merchant of Venice played at:

The Arcola Theatre
London

11 September - 13 October 2007