The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

The story

Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.

Cast & crew

Jonathan PryceShylock

Dominic MafhamAntonio

Rachel PickupPortia

Daniel LapaineBassanio

Douglas Brian MartinSalarino

Regé-Jean PageSolanio

Ben LambLorenzo

David Sturzaker

David SturzakerGratiano

Dorothea Myer-Bennett

Dorothea Myer-BennettNerissa

Stefan AdegbolaLauncelot Gobbo

Philip Cox

Philip CoxBalthasar / Chus

Phoebe Pryce

Phoebe PryceJessica