Portia enters with Bassanio and a few others. Before Portia's father passed away, he created a challenge for any potential suitor for Portia's hand in mariage. A suitor must pick one of three ...

Presenter: Portia, one of theatre’s strongest heroines ... She’s a menace to the men of Venice, winning with her wits and not with her… good looks. She’s bored of her situation and she ...

This is precisely what Michael Kahn, aged 29, has done with The Merchant of Venice now in view at the ... "a scholar and a soldier," and, Portia states, "the best deserving a fair lady." ...

In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in ...

Portia asks Bassanio to spend some time with her before he decides to leave in which she will miss his company. Shylock, a greedy money-lender, provides Antonio a loan, even though Antonio often ...

The Merchant of Venice is not exactly William ... but even Antonio is forced to admit that if the younger man can pull it off, Portia (Lynn Collins)--a princess who's been left a fortune in ...