The Merchant of Venice. by William Shakespeare (Author)
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TextPublisher: 1997ISBN: 9781840224313Genre/Form: Theater programs -- Washington (D.C.) | Theater programs -- 1913.LOC classification: PN2093 .S53 2000Summary: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., David Belasco & Sam S. & Lee Shubert, proprietors and managers, direction of Sam S. & Lee Shubert (Inc.), L. Stoddard Taylor, manager. Annual Shakespeare festival, combined stellar attraction Mr. E.H. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire. "Merchant of Venice," by William Shakespeare. Scenery by Unitt & Wickes, properties by E. Seidle, special music selected by Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe.
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Arguably the greatest English-language playwright, William Shakespeare was a seventeenth-century writer and dramatist, and is known as the Bard of Avon. Under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I, he penned more than 30 plays, 154 sonnets, and numerous narrative poems and short verses. Equally accomplished in histories, tragedies, comedy, and romance, Shakespeare s most famous works include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It.
Like many of his contemporaries, including Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare began his career on the stage, eventually rising to become part-owner of Lord Chamberlain s Men, a popular dramatic company of his day, and of the storied Globe Theatre in London.
Extremely popular in his lifetime, Shakespeare s works continue to resonate more than three hundred years after his death. His plays are performed more often than any other playwright s, have been translated into every major language in the world, and are studied widely by scholars and students.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English Literature, University of Sussex The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. The text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre. He is a character so intense that he can dominate the play, challenging abrasively its romantic and lyrical affirmations.
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LC copy shelved under: Taming of the shrew. DLC
With: Taming of the shrew. Issued together.
Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., David Belasco & Sam S. & Lee Shubert, proprietors and managers, direction of Sam S. & Lee Shubert (Inc.), L. Stoddard Taylor, manager. Annual Shakespeare festival, combined stellar attraction Mr. E.H. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire. "Merchant of Venice," by William Shakespeare. Scenery by Unitt & Wickes, properties by E. Seidle, special music selected by Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe.
In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
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