A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will ...

THIS is a very clever and passionate adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. It is one of the Bard's most complex of plays - often deemed problematic. On the parchment surface it is a 'comedy' yet ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage for a 21st century audience," said Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman. Torn between his desire to give ...

A few weeks earlier, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge ... Shackleton, who had served a decade in the merchant marine, bridled against such overbearing methods. In February, 1902, the group ...

"It goes without saying that 'The Merchant of Venice' is a desperately difficult play to stage for a 21st century audience," ...

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The newest season is set in Thailand but NC’s biggest college rivals figured fairly prominently in the premiere. We go deep ...

It’s not the first image most people would have of Venice in 2025. The floating city has become the global poster child for overtourism, with an estimated 30 million visitors descending each ...

This February, Duke is hosting a number of events, ranging from speaker panels and special movie screenings to a piano performance, to celebrate Black History Month. The Chronicle has compiled a ...

“The Actor” is Johnson’s long-awaited first solo feature film directing credit. He previously served as a supervising ...

David Bowie's Thin White Duke persona was contradictory, controversial, and a little weird; here's what happened to him.