The Shylock Play
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 2007
96 pages
978-1-84943-787-5 (ISBN)
Description
When Warsaw Ghetto-escapee Sarah visits the Venice Ghetto she happens to witness a group of actors staging a dress rehearsal of The Merchant of Venice, upon this chance encounter Sarah is confronted by the terrible story of 'The Jew' which touches her own life.
Through this emotive and provocative play Julia Pascal re-works Shakespeare's controversial text, transposing the fervent theme of anti-Semitism raised by the bard, playing it out in a contemporary setting.Challenging the portrayal of 'The Jew' that for many years has dominated society's attitudes towards the Jewish people, Pascal ambitiously places her own text within Shakespeare's classic, producing a thoroughly thought-provoking and original work.
Through this emotive and provocative play Julia Pascal re-works Shakespeare's controversial text, transposing the fervent theme of anti-Semitism raised by the bard, playing it out in a contemporary setting.Challenging the portrayal of 'The Jew' that for many years has dominated society's attitudes towards the Jewish people, Pascal ambitiously places her own text within Shakespeare's classic, producing a thoroughly thought-provoking and original work.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84943-787-5 (9781849437875)
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Person
Julia Pascal was born in Manchester. She trained as an actor before going to London University and from 1977 she has worked as theatre director. She was the first female director to wqrk at the NT, and has since been Associate Director at the Orange Tree Theatre. She began writing for the stage in the mid-1980's and was previously Dance editor for City Limits Magazine, a freelancer for the Guardian, and Director of Pascal Theatre Company (formed in 1983) . She has worked as an Assessor & drama advisor for London Arts & the Arts Council.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface by Dr Sonia Massai
- Introduction
- The Shylock Play
- Characters
- Act One
- Scene One
- Scene Two
- Scene Three
- Scene Four
- Scene Five
- Scene Six
- Scene Seven
- Scene Eight
- Scene Nine
- Scene Ten
- Scene Eleven
- Scene Twelve
- Scene Thirteen - Prologue
- Scene Thirteen
- Scene Fourteen
- Act Two
- Scene Fifteen
- Scene Sixteen
- Scene Seventeen
- Scene Eighteen
- Scene Nineteen
- Scene Twenty
- Scene Twenty One
- Scene Twenty Two
- Scene Twenty Three
