num_pages: 206
description: An international team of scholars • modernised, easily accessible texts • ample but unobtrusive academic guidance • attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history • informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. This edition pays special attention to the expectations of its first audience, and to our modern experience of seeing and hearing the play.
language: English
title: The Merchant of Venice
titlecomplete: The Merchant of Venice (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
characters: Shylock
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Classic Literature, Plays, Fiction, Read For School, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 183544
places: Venice, Republic of Venice
publisher: Cambridge University Press