On Stage: Theatre
The Merchant of Venice
The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
A money-obsessed, patriar-
chal, dysfunctional society where
wealth bestows power; one in
which women cannot determine
their own fate, and one marked
by religious and racial prejudice.
Sound familiar? Shakespeare’s
dark comedy could not be more
resonant for our time. A play that
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offers no true villains or heroes,
his Venice presents a culture as
complex and troubling as our
own, where the situations and
questions posed ask us to ex-
amine the “quality of mercy” in
myriad ways.
The Shakespeare Theatre pres-
ents this May 17 to June 4.
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