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From BBc Radio 3 - Drama on 3:
Andrew Scott, Ray Fearon, Hayley Atwell and Colin Morgan star in Shakespeare's ever-topical story of over-confident traders, a debt-ridden country dependent on credit, and a society suspicious of religious difference, transposed to the City of London and the 2008 financial crisis. Introduced by the BBC's Business Editor, Simon Jack.
Adapted and directed by Emma Harding
Antonio.....Ray Fearon
Bassanio.....Colin Morgan
Portia.....Hayley Atwell
Shylock.....Andrew Scott
Salar ...more
Andrew Scott, Ray Fearon, Hayley Atwell and Colin Morgan star in Shakespeare's ever-topical story of over-confident traders, a debt-ridden country dependent on credit, and a society suspicious of religious difference, transposed to the City of London and the 2008 financial crisis. Introduced by the BBC's Business Editor, Simon Jack.
Adapted and directed by Emma Harding
Antonio.....Ray Fearon
Bassanio.....Colin Morgan
Portia.....Hayley Atwell
Shylock.....Andrew Scott
Salar ...more
This is a problem play for me. Let me think on what I want to convey here.
While there are lovely passages and the plotting is fun, it's just really hard to take all the Jew-baiting, despite there being some sense of sympathy for Shylock in the speeches he is given.
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