The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
M.M. Mahood, University of Kent, Canterbury
Tom Lockwood, University of Birmingham
For this updated edition of one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays, Tom Lockwood has added a new introductory section on the latest scholarly trends, performance and adaptation practices which have occurred over the last two decades. Investigating the latest critical frames through which the play has been interpreted, the updated introduction also focuses on recent international performances on stage and screen (including Al Pacino's performances on film and in Daniel Sullivan's production in New York, the Habima National Theatre's production for the Globe to Globe Festival, Jonathan Munby's touring production for the Globe performed in London, New York and Venice, and Rupert Goold's production for the Royal Shakespeare Company). Finally, new forms of adaptation are considered: a performance transposed to the different generic mode of a New York auction room, and the remaking of the play in Howard Jacobson's 2016 novel, Shylock Is my Name.
- Features a new introductory section on the latest scholarly trends and global performance practices
- Analyses the latest forms of the play's adaptation
- Provides an updated list of further readings to reflect the latest developments in Shakespearean criticism
Product details
April 2018Paperback
9781316506646
218 pages
228 × 153 × 12 mm
0.37kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Note on the text
- List of characters
- The play
- Supplementary note
- Textual analysis
- Appendix: Shakespeare's use of the Bible in The Merchant of Venice
- Revised reading list.
