From his book, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, comes Harold Bloom's commentary on the equivocal nature of Shakespeare's most troubling play, from the perspective of the early twenty-first cen
This is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, for the romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the wealthy lady he loves is set a
A gamble on trading ships at sea, a pound of flesh as the penalty, a contest to win the hand of a rich heiress, and the final rescue in a court of law--The Merchant of Venice has all the ingredients r
This definitive collection features all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays in their entirety, in dramatizations presented by outstanding Shakespearean performers.
Tragicomic drama of love, wealth, and justice revolves around a Venetian moneylender's bargain with a young merchant for "a pound of flesh." The gravity and suspense of the play's central plot, togeth
