Shylock's Ghost
Overview
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'?
Top-billed cast
- AAnthony Julius
- SStephen Greenblatt
- HHoward Jacobson
- AAlan Yentob
- JJonathan Pryce
- RReg E. Cathey
- AAntony Sher
Crew
- Director
- Colette Camden
- Production
- BBC
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Who directed Shylock's Ghost?
Shylock's Ghost was directed by Colette Camden.
When was Shylock's Ghost released?
Shylock's Ghost was released in 2015.
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