The Shylock Play

Julia Pascal(Oberon)

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Synopsis

The present day: when Warsaw Ghetto escapee Sarah goes to the Venice Ghetto, and encounters a group of actors staging a dress rehearsal of The Merchant of Venice, she is confronted by a terrible story which touches her own life.

Julia Pascal's modern re-working of Shakespeare's controversial play questions how the antisemitic portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice has affected modern-day attitudes to Jewish people.

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