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The Merchant of Venice – Saïd Rooftop Ampitheatre, Oxford

Writer: William Shakespeare Composer/Musical Director: Alex Silverman Director: Natalie Abrahami Reviewer: Ali Lantukh The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½   Shakespeare’s tragicomedy/problem play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is lovingly recreated by Creation Theatre in Oxford with the emphasis on the comic – an effervescent little show with an engaging and talented cast, complete with trombones, jazz ditties, and musical smoking pipes. [...]

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The Merchant of Venice – Arcola Theatre, London

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Julia Pascal Reviewer : Zahid Fayyaz They are many ways of staging Shakespeare: from having it set in a artic wasteland, to having it played by an all female cast, to even, in one particularly misguided production at Edinburgh, having it performed in a hop hop style. Pascal theatre company’s adaptation [...]

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