The Bell Shakespeare Company
The Merchant Of Venice

By William Shakespeare

Wednesday 12 July -- 8pm
Thursday 13 July -- 1.30pm and 8pm
Alexander Theatre

Directed by Anna Volska

Featuring -- Robert Alexander as Shylock and Michelle Doake as Portia

Always a much-loved play, The Merchant Of Venice combines fairytale romance with the tougher issues of justice and mercy, racism and tolerance. Problems of our own times. The Merchant Of Venice has a host of characters who compete for the audience's attention, each more eccentric than the last: a handsome impecunious young man in search of a wealthy wife; a melancholy rich merchant in love with the young man; three women who dress themselves as men; a mischievous clown; an exotic Moroccan; an absurd Spaniard and, the best-known of all, the villain Shylock.

'Volska's production...simple, effective and very entertaining...This delightful, honest experience is a pure pleasure.'
Sydney Morning Herald

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