As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan Yentob to the ghetto in Venice to explore Shakespeare's most performed play - and in particular the character of the most divisive fictional Jew in history, Shylock. On their journey, Howard and Alan examine the evidence behind the charge of antisemitism against Shakespeare. How did his old Jew from Venice become such a useful propaganda tool during the Third Reich, and what was behind the absurd and infamous proposal to cut off a 'pound of flesh'?
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Howard Jacobson, Alan Yentob, Antony Sher, Reg E. Cathey, Anthony Julius, Stephen Greenblatt
Crew: Colette Camden (Director)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 70 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 27, 2015
IMDb: 10
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