The merchant of Venice [videorecording - DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: The Shakespeare collectionPublication details: [London] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2005Description: 1 videodisc (157 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Produced by Jonathan Miller; Directed by Jack Gold
  • A BBC TV production in association with Time-Life Television
Cast: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Jameson and Leslee UdwinScope and content: Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antionio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the contract to be filled
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Produced by Jonathan Miller; Directed by Jack Gold

A BBC TV production in association with Time-Life Television

Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Jameson and Leslee Udwin

Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antionio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the contract to be filled

Originally transmitted: 17th December 1980

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