Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.
Jonathan Munby
Director
Robin Lough
Director of Photography
Jonathan Pryce
Shylock
Dominic Mafham
Antonio
Rachel Pickup
Portia
Daniel Lapaine
Bassanio
Douglas Brian Martin
Salarino
Regé-Jean Page
Solanio
Ben Lamb
Lorenzo
David Sturzaker
Gratiano
Dorothea Myer-Bennett
Nerissa
Stefan Adegbola
Launcelot Gobbo
Philip Cox
Balthasar / Chus
Phoebe Pryce
Jessica
