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“All that glisters is not gold” – yet, in Venice only money makes the world go round. Even the melancholic merchant Antonio comes to this conclusion when his beloved friend Bassanio asks him for 3,000 ducats, for he needs it to court beautiful Portia. She resides in rural Belmont, tied to the estate of her late father, whose will specifies that whoever intends to marry his daughter must first solve a difficult riddle. Antonio, however, cannot front the money and thus turns to borrow it from the Jewish banker Shylock, who has often suffered from Antonio’s antisemitism and hostility. All appears to go well – until Antonio’s wealth goes down the drain, while Shylock’s daughter elopes with a young gentleman named Lorenzo and causes Shylock to go into a raging frenzy. Catastrophe is in the making…
The Merchant of Venice – a play about loyalty, racism, family ties, trickery, emancipation, unfulfilled love and convenient marriages.
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Schuld, List und Liebe (Trierischer Volksfreund, 21/06/2007, jpg)
The Cast
| Lorenzo, a junior executive | Thomas Wahrlich |
| Waitress | Julia Petry |
| Solania, a junior executive | Victoria Bützler |
| Saleria, the same | Jessica Whiteley |
| Jessica, a Jewish girl | Christiane Bacher |
| Shylock, her father, a banker | Sebastian Schmitt |
| Antonio, a merchant | Bernd Elzer |
| Bassanio, his friend | Lukas Tillmann |
| Gratiano, Bassanio’s buddy | David Kinkopf |
| Portia, a rich heiress | Sigrid Tancke |
| Nerissa, Portia’s companion | Verena Cavelius |
| Silvia, Portia’s servant | Julia Petry |
| The Singer | Lisa Gellenberg |
| The Prince of Morocco | Manuel Anghel |
| Man of his train | David Kinkopf |
| Launcelot Gobbo, Shylock’s servant | Victoria Bützler |
| His mother | Verena Cavelius |
| The Prince of Arragon | Federico Orlandini |
| Tubal, another Jew | Manuel Anghel |
| A Priest | Manuel Anghel |
| The Duke | Federico Orlandini |
| directed by Elke & Christoph Nonn |
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