The merchant of Venice

Folger bibliographic ID: 198720
Folger call number: DVD 100
Folger holdings ID: 238291
Accession Number: 264159

Shylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's

General notes

DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo At head of title: Richard Price & Chris Hunt as the performance company present Originally produced in 2000

Cast

Henry Goodman, David Bamber, Derbhle Crotty, Peter De Jersey, Mark Umbers

Extended title: The merchant of Venice BBC TV ; producer, Andy Picheta ; writer, William Shakespeare ; director, Trevor Nunn
Alternate titles: William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice

associated with: Picheta, Andy
associated with: Nunn, Trevor
associated with: Goodman, Henry
associated with: Bamber, David
associated with: Crotty, Derbhle
associated with: De Jersey, Peter
associated with: Umbers, Mark, 1973-
associated with: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
associated with: Image Entertainment (Firm)