The Merchant (play)
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title:
The Merchant (play)
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The Merchant is a 1976 play in two acts by the English dramatist Arnold Wesker. It is based on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and focuses on the Jewish Shylock character, that play's principal antagonist. Wesker began writing the play after seeing a 1973 performance by Laurence Olivier. It premiered in Stockholm in 1976 and was later renamed Shylock. A Broadway production was planned for fall 1977, with Zero Mostel in the lead, following a pre-Broadway tryout at the Forrest Theatr
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1976 play by Arnold Wesker
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_(play)
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2018-09-16T17:25:29Z
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2024-09-12T15:32:55Z
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