Globe Theatre The Merchant of Venice 2015

Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice featuring Jonathan Pryce



Recorded Shakespeare's Globe, London 2015 26 and 29 May.  Opus Arte media



run time   154 mins                  Presented in two parts at interval

                                                                Optional subtitles in English of  the play      

                                                                              selected from your player

IMDb  tt6350492/



Summary



The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.



Cast and creatives



directed for the stage by Jonathan Munby

directed for the screen by Robin Lough



Portia                                     Rachel Pickup

Antonio                                 Dominic Mafham

Nerissa                                  Dorothe Myer-Bennett

Jessica                                  Phoebe Pryce

Shylock                                 Jonathan Pryce

Lancelot Gobbo                 Stepfan Adegbola

Lorenzo                                 Ben Lamb

Prince of Morocco             Scott Karim



full cast and crew in the credit roll



My notes



Each adaptation of a Shakespeare play relies on the inventiveness of thedirector and the talents of the actor as well as all the creative team involved.  In this Globe production some of the minor characters like the Prince of Morocco  and Lancelot Gobbo steal the show.



In other Merchant shows I have in my archive, Trevor Nunn's production takes place in pre- Nazi Germany which gives another feel for the play.  Listen for the 1930's music cue as the play progresses in that production.



For the Royal Shakespeare Company and directed by Polly Findlay, Makram J. Khoury plays Shylock.  Khoury is an Israeli and I've included his interview in that recode which you can find.  



   [See the NFO for more information on The Trevor Nunn and RSC.   I will add those to the current index since I recoded the original DVDs.]



Notes written  August 25,  2019



  Notes updated for the new index March 28th   2020