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Merchant of Venice (Motion picture : 2015 : Munby)

The merchant of Venice / by William Shakespeare ; directed for the stage by Jonathan Munby ; directed for the screen by Robin Lough ; producers, Lotte Buchan, Jessica Lusk ; [a Shakespeare's Globe production].

[London] : Opus Arte, [2016]

1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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"Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio's ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his 'bond' "--Globe on screen WWW site.

Globe on screen

Globe on screen.

Shylock (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Merchants -- Italy -- Venice -- Drama.

Loans, Personal -- Italy -- Venice -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Venice -- Drama.

Drama.

Munby, Jonathan (Theater director), stage director.

Lough, Robin, film director.

Buchan, Lotte, producer.

Lusk, Jessica, producer.

Pryce, Jonathan, actor.

Mafham, Dominic, actor.

Martin, Brian, 1986- actor.

Page, Regé-Jean, actor.

Lapaine, Daniel, 1971- actor.

Lamb, Ben, 1989- actor.

Sturzaker, David, actor.

Pickup, Rachel, 1973- actor.

Myer-Bennett, Dorothea, actor.

Cox, Philip (Actor), actor.

Adegbola, Stefan, actor.

Pryce, Phoebe, actor.

Karim, Scott, actor.

Logan, Christopher, 1979- actor.

Bertenshaw, Michael, 1945- actor.

Maxwell, Jules, composer (expression)

Avis, Jeremy, musical director, singer.

Karim-Cooper, Farah, writer of added commentary.

Container of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.

Globe Theatre (London, England : 1996- ), production company.

Opus Arte (Firm), publisher.

William shakespeare's the merchant of venice

At head of title on container and disc label: William Shakespeare's

"Spoken in Shakespeare's English"--Container.

Accompanying pamphlet contains synopsis and the essay Question of value by Farah Karim-Cooper, in English with French and German translations.

Special feature: cast gallery.

Designer, Mike Britton ; music, Jules Maxwell ; choreographer, Lucy Hind ; fight director, Kate Waters ; musical director, Jeremy Avis.

Jonathan Pryce (Shylock), Dominic Mafham, Brian Martin, Regé-Jean Page, Daniel Lapaine, Ben Lamb, David Sturzaker, Rachel Pickup, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Philip Cox, Stefan Adegbola, Phoebe Pryce, Scott Karim, Christopher Logan, Michael Bertenshaw.

Recorded Shakespeare's Globe, London 2015 26 and 29 May.

DVD-9, NTSC, all regions; wide screen; Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital surround.

In English with optional English subttitles.

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