Merchant of Venice, The

noun

1. a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.

The Merchant of Venice

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.

Example Sentences

Kilmer was pictured with Al Pacino at a live reading of Shakespeare's Live Read of The Merchant Of Venice in 2019, more than two decades after starring together in Heat.

From BBC

Her other films included Three Sisters in 1970 and The Merchant of Venice in 1973 - both opposite her husband and both based on National Theatre productions.

From BBC

More people can recite the plot of “Romeo and Juliet” than they can, let's say, “The Merchant of Venice.”

From Salon

Tracy-Ann Oberman's timely reimagining of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is her attempt to "reclaim" a difficult play full of antisemitic tropes.

From BBC

She told me she now has personal security as well as security guards who patrol the theatre as she performs her play The Merchant of Venice 1936.

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