William Shakespeare’s classic play The Merchant of Venice comes to life like never before in this 1973 adaptation starring two titans of stage and screen: Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Joan Plowright. Young Bassanio (Jeremy Brett) desires the lovely Portia (Plowright), but in order to win the fair lady’s hand properly, he needs money. Taking a loan from the moneylender Shylock (Olivier), Bassanio names his friend Antonio (Anthony Nicholls) as guarantor… but when the loan comes due and is unpaid, Shylock demands a particular penalty from his debtor: a pound of his flesh. Now Portia must find a way to thwart Shylock from his plans and save Antonio. Shakespeare lovers will thrill to this excellent adaptation of one of his most talked-about plays, performed by a tremendous cast featuring some of the finest actors of our time.

The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, a true masterpiece that has been enjoying continuous success in theaters across the world ever since it was written sometime between 1596 and 1599 and being just as enjoyable in book form as it is on the stage.Set in 16th century Venice, the plot of the romantic comedy revolves around Bassanio, a young merchant and his attempts to woo Portia, a beautiful and extremely wealthy heiress. Having no money, Bassanio needs three thousand ducats to be able to court the lady, so he turns to his merchant friend, Antonio who has helped him out on repeated occasions in the past. Antonio is willing to help, but his cash is blocked in merchandise, so he offers to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender. The young man turns to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender who is reluctant at first because of his previous conflicts with Antonio, but eventually agrees to provide Bassanio with the sum he needs on the condition that in the case Bassaio fails to pay back what he owes, Shylock is entitled to take one pound of flesh from Antonio's body. With all the money he needs, Bassanio goes to Belmont after Portia and eventually wins her hand. In... [Read More]

The work of Charles and Mary Lamb was written with the declared purpose of bringing the plays of William Shakespeare closer to the heart and mind of two special categories of readers: school children and teenagers.The stories included in the volume are shortened versions of some of the most popular Shakespearian tragedies and comedies. The plot is simplified and the language is made more accessible, by eliminating the ancient forms of the most commonly met words and replacing them with their modern correspondents. However, the authors succeeded in keeping most of the expressions the writer of the plays used, by harmoniously integrating them in the context.Mary Lamb chose to adapt the comedies and other plays with a more serene atmosphere and an optimistic, if not totally happy, ending. The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Comedy of Errors are some of the Shakespearian works she rewrote, so that the young readers may easily understand them.On the other hand, her brother, Charles Lamb, had the difficult mission to bring the great tragedies into the school kids' attention. He succeeded to do that by simplifying the intrigue of... [Read More]

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