 | Merchant of Venice |  |
"If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh?
if you poison us, do we not die?
and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" Act III, scene i
Written: 1598
William Poel ; 1898
Starring :
Reviewed on : 2002-11-04 14:19:32 | "Red wig and false nose delineated the unsentimentalized Shylock of [Poel's] 1898 production, where the unlocalized playing space aspired to recapture the swift pace of an Elizabethan staging. This harsh interpretation was an exception to the overwhelming trend towards sympathy for Shylock as his motives were increasingly accorded moral justification" (Rebecca Brown, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
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Sir John Gilbert, R.A.,
The Moneylenders
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