Presenter: Portia, one of theatre’s strongest heroines ... She’s a menace to the men of Venice, winning with her wits and not with her… good looks. She’s bored of her situation and she ...

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 ...

Portia enters with Bassanio and a few others. Before Portia's father passed away, he created a challenge for any potential suitor for Portia's hand in mariage. A suitor must pick one of three ...

Portia arrives to Antonio's trial disguised as Balthazar, a lawyer. Portai has each party stand forth and questions them. Having asked if Antonio acknowledges the contract he made with Shylock and ...

Portia appears in a peach gown (designed ... "The most excellent Histories of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylock the Iewe towards the sayd Merchant. . . ." The fact ...

“The quality of mercy is not strain'd,” says the character Portia, in William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” “It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/Upon the place beneath.” Shakespeare’s ...

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 ...

Plenty of thugs in suits and even Portia has a dagger in her boot ... Born out of a personal family story, The Merchant of Venice 1936 is a passionate, relevant and thought-provoking adaptation ...

The pair will take the stage in a collaborative adaptation of The Merchant of Venice at the Liverpool Playhouse ... The cast includes Georgie Fellows as Portia, Evie Hargreaves as Mary / Nerissa ...