
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’.

as Shylock

as Antonio

as Portia

as Bassanio

as Salarino

as Solanio

as Lorenzo

as Gratiano

as Nerissa

as Launcelot Gobbo

as Balthasar / Chus

as Jessica

as Prince of Morocco

as Prince of Arragon

as Duke of Venice / Tubal

as Ensemble

as Ensemble

as Ensemble

as Salarino