Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like to court the beautiful Portia but doesn‘t have the money to travel to her country estate, so he asks the merchant Antonio for help. Antonio‘s wealth is tied up in maritime trade but he offers to procure the sum Bassanio needs from the Jewish money lender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio for being so contemptuous in his treatment of Jews, and therefore stipulates that if the debt is not repaid within three months, the penalty will be a pound of Antonio‘s own flesh...

Cast

Charles Workman

Bassanio, a friend of Antonio

Juliusz Kubiak

Prince of Aragon

Christopher Ainslie

Antonio, a Merchant of Venice

Adrian Clarke

Salarino, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio

Jason Bridges

Lorenzo, in love with Jessica

Adrian Eröd

Shylock, a rich Jew

Kathryn Lewek

Jessica, Shylock's daughter

Magdalena Anna Hofmann

Portia, a rich heiress

Verena Gunz

Nerissa, Portia's waiting-maid

Hanna Herfurtner

A boy

Norman Patzke

Solanio, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio

David Stout

Gratiano, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio