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'?
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Howard Jacobson
Self
Alan Yentob
Self - Presenter
Also in
Operation Good Guys
Open Air
Colette Camden
Antony Sher
Self
Known for
The Wolfman
The Shadow Line
Anne Elletson
Reg E. Cathey
Self
Known for
The Wire
Se7en
James Shapiro
James Shapiro
Anthony Julius
Self
Also in
Prolonging Life
Stephen Greenblatt
Self
Jonathan Pryce
Self
Known for
Game of Thrones
Brazil
Colette Camden Director
First release October 27, 2015 · Produced in United Kingdom
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom · October 27, 2015
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