The Merchant of Venice
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Shakespeare Performed
ISBN-10
1526195402
ISBN-13
9781526195401
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 20th, 2026
Print length
376 Pages
Weight
438 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 24.00 x 2.00 cms
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This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Richly contextualised analyses of individual productions by major directors help produce a nuanced picture of the performance history of the play, guiding the reader from the 1930s through the early twenty-first century. -- .
Boika Sokolova and Kirilka Stavreva''s second edition of the stage history of The Merchant of Venice interweaves into the chronology of James Bulman''s first edition richly contextualised chapters on Max Reinhardt, Peter Zadek, and the first production of the play in Mandatory Palestine, directed by Leopold Jessner. While the focus of the book is on post-1990s productions across Europe and the USA, and on film, the Segue provides a broad survey of the interpretative shifts in the play''s performance from the 1930s to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Individual chapters explore productions by Peter Zadek, Trevor Nunn, Robert Sturua, Edward Hall, Rupert Goold, Daniel Sullivan, and Karin Coonrod. An extensive film section including silent film offers close analysis of Don Selwyn''s Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti and Michael Radford''s adaptation. Accessible and engaging, the book will interest students, academics, and general readers.
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