Northern Broadsides
Merchant of Venice
Mon 26 April - Sat 1 May
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One of Shakespeare’s most gripping and dramatic plays, The Merchant Of Venice confronts the best and worst of human nature and boasts one of his most reviled, complex and compelling characters – Shylock the moneylender.
A climactic courtroom scene and Shylock’s cruel downfall will challenge your heart and your sense of justice. It ends with music, love and romance but not before bigotry, racism, hatred, death threats and money-making – always money.
Broadsides’ artistic director Barrie Rutter plays Shylock in this riveting drama filled with the bitter words of hate and the sublime poetry of love.
“Northern Broadsides can bring Shakespeare to life as gripping, accessible theatre for today simply by making the words sing” The Guardian
“Northern Broadsides have a vigorous aesthetic, a way of doing Shakespeare that is revelatory” Independent On Sunday
Mon 26 April
Post Show Talkshop
Free to theatre ticket holders