Bibliograph

Merchant of Venice, PBS ; producer, Andy Picheta ; writer, William Shakespeare ; director, Trevor Nunn

Type

Label

Merchant of Venice, PBS ; producer, Andy Picheta ; writer, William Shakespeare ; director, Trevor Nunn

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Merchant of Venice

Oclc number

54839019

Responsibility statement

PBS ; producer, Andy Picheta ; writer, William Shakespeare ; director, Trevor Nunn

Runtime

141

Summary

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

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice

Classification