剧情简介

  AlanYentobtravelstotheghettoinVenicewithaward-winningnovelistHowardJacobsonasheembarksonaretellingofShakespeare'smostperformedplay,TheMerchantofVenice.Throughaseriesoflively-oftenfiery-interviews,theyexaminethechargeofanti-SemitismagainstShakespeare,whosecharacterShylockremainsoneofthemostodiousanddivisivefictionalJewsinhistory.  HowdidthemoneylenderfromVenicebecomesuchausefulpropagandatoolinNaziGermany?AndhowmuchofalibertywillJacobsonbetakingwhenheuprootstheactiontomodern-dayAlderleyEdge,andaudaciouslyreinterpretstheinfamous'poundofflesh'?  IntervieweesincludeAntonySher,AnthonyJuliusandStephenGreenblatt.

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