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  Merchant of Venice, The

  noun

  a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
• The Merchant of Venice
  The Merchant of Venice

  A comedy by William Shakespeare. The most memorable character is Shylock, a greedy moneylender who demands from the title character “a pound of flesh” (see also pound of flesh) as payment for a debt.

Merchant of Venice, The

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.

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The Merchant of Venice Cultural  

1. A comedy by William Shakespeare. The most memorable character is Shylock, a greedy moneylender who demands from the title character “a pound of flesh” (see also pound of flesh) as payment for a debt.

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Merchant of Venice, The The Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice, The, 61, 62, 77, 78, 109, 110.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Merchant of Venice The spheres were conceived to be crystalline or glassy fabrics arranged over one another like a nest of bowls reversed.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

Away from Dad's Army, he also acted in other TV comedies such as Yes Minister, and appeared on stage, including in The Merchant of Venice.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

Simply Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice Al Pacino and Geoffrey Rush star in a staged reading of the Bard’s classic tale in this benefit for the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2019

While he lived at this address in his late 20s and early 30s, he wrote A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet, among others.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2019

You really need to take another look at "The Merchant of Venice".

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

I'm in my room trying to read The Merchant of Venice for English class, which is proving to be pretty hard, when something hits my bedroom window.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick