Three Shakespeare enthusiasts go through and comment on Shakespeare’s plays in the order he wrote them. And we often take detours into other great writers of Shakespeare’s time.
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Three Shakespeare enthusiasts go through and comment on Shakespeare’s plays in the order he wrote them. And we often take detours into other great writers of Shakespeare’s time.
027 Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be: The Merchant of Venice (1598)
Shakespeare and Pals: Recapping the Bard
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027 Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be: The Merchant of Venice (1598)
One of Shakespeare’s great… comedies????
Bassanio needs some cash to impress the wealthy heiress Portia. This couldn’t possibly lead to his best friend getting imprisoned and disemboweled.
One of Shakespeare's great plays, full of poetry and incident and nuance, and Romance with a capital R. Is it toppled by the antisemitism at its centre?
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Sources:
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (Oxford University Press)
Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)
Shakespeare and Pals: Recapping the Bard
Three Shakespeare enthusiasts go through and comment on Shakespeare’s plays in the order he wrote them. And we often take detours into other great writers of Shakespeare’s time.
