The Merchant in Venice: Shakespeare in the Ghetto
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edited by
- Shaul Bassi - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email orcid profile
- Carol Chillington Rutter - University of Warwick - email
Abstract
This book records the landmark performance of The Merchant of Venice in the Venetian Ghetto in 2016, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the 500th anniversary of the Jewish quarter that gave the world the word ‘ghetto’. Practitioners and critics discuss how this multi-ethnic production and its radical choice to cast five actors as Shylock provided the opportunity to respond creatively to Europe’s legacy of antisemitism, racism and difference. They observe how the place and play stand as ambivalent documents of civilization: instruments of intolerance but also sites of cultural exchange.
Keywords The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto • Lorenzo • The Merchant of Venice • Adaptation • Narrativization • Mercy • Shylock • Directing Shakespeare • Holocaust • The Merchant in the Ghetto • Translation • Ghetto • Jessica • Gratiano • Lewis Carroll • Mock Trial: Shylock v • Opera • Fiction • Karin Coonrod • Music • Murray Abraham • Performing Shakespeare • Shakespeare’s trial scenes • Bassanio • Antisemitism • Theatre design • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Site-specific performance • Site specific performance • Portia • Children reading Shakespeare • Aldo Finzi • F • History • Charles and Mary Lamb • Site-specific design • George Braque and Shakespeare • Lancelot Gobbo • Shakespeare’s comedies of love • Aestheticism • Adapting Shakespeare • Designing Shakespeare • Laurence Olivier • Music design • Actors on Shakespeare • Ciro Pinsuti • Otto Taubmann • Rehearsal • Reynaldo Hahn • Adrian Beecham • Heritage • Foerster • The quality of mercy • Venice • Compagnia de’ Colombari • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Chromaticism • Jews • Josef B • Memory • Children’s literature • Mock Appeal: Shylock v • Costume design • Site-specific Shakespeare • Humanities • Antonio • Lighting design
Thema codes DSG • ATD • 5PX-GB-S • 1DST-IT-NVE
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-503-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-504-9 | Number of pages 238 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published June 10, 2021 | Language en
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