THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Shake-Scene Shakespeare Company)****

 By Cal

 

Link: https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare

Available until: Unknown 

The Merchant of Venice is definitely a problem play for me. There’s a lot here to make a modern audience very uncomfortable. 

Another problem is whose side you’re on. Nobody behaves all that well – and while this is a charge that could be levelled at a number of Shakespeare’s characters, the characters in The Merchant of Venice aren’t as easy to invest in as such incredible creations as Iago and the Macbeths.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Shakespeare Happy Hours)***

                              

By Imogen

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfeUxcIOW68&t=2012s

Available until: Indefinitely

Shakespeare Happy Hours is a very good idea because it cuts all the Shakespeare plays down to an hour and a half. I think that’s quite enough. Who wants to sit through four hours of talking? Of course, when I play Portia I want to do the longest possible version so I get paid more but if I’m watching I prefer it to be as short as possible.