This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice . Richly contextualised analyses of individual productions by major directors help produce a nuanced picture of the performance history of the play, guiding the reader from the 1930s through the early twenty-first century. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Kirilka Stavreva Illustration(s): 26 black & white illustrations Number of pages: 376 Collection: Shakespeare in Performance Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 146 x 224 x 28 Cover type: Hardback