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The Merchant of Venice 1999 - Olivier
by William Shakespeare (1594/5)
Laurence Olivier Awards - Trevor Nunn wins Best Director (for The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk and Troilus and Cressida)and Henry Goodman wins Best Actor Evening Standard Awards - Trevor Nunn wins Best Director (for The Merchant of Venice and Summerfolk) Critics Circle Awards
Trevor Nunn wins Best Director (for The Merchant of Venice and Summerfolk)
Henry Goodman wins Best Actor
Although generally considered 'a comedy', The Merchant of Venice is also one of Shakespeare's most grippingly dramatic plays, addressing the universally absorbing themes of love, money and prejudice
The story centres on Shylock, a Jewish money-lender, and the young heiress, Portia, who finds herself in a life or death confrontation with him in a climactic courtroom trial.
The attitudes thus revealed have reverberated through the succeeding centuries, and most disturbingly in our own.
The video of this production is available from the National's Bookshop
There is an Education Workpack for this production.
Running time: 3 hours 25 minutes (approx)
Cast credits:
: Alastair Parker
: Alexander Hanson
: Antony Renshaw
: Caroline Nicholls
: Ceri Ann Gregory
: Cristina Barreiro
: David Arneil
: David Bamber
: David Burt
: David Weston
: Derbhle Crotty
: Edward Gower
: Gabriel Swartland
: Gabrielle Jourdan
: Henry Goodman
: Jack James
: Jim Creighton
: John Nolan
: Lawrence Webber
: Leigh Macdonald
: Liam McKenna
: Mark Umbers
: Michael Wildman
: Oscar James
: Pauline Carville
: Richard Henders
: Ruddy L Davis
: Stephen Ballantyne
Production credits:
Director: Trevor Nunn
Designer: Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Music: Steven Edis
Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis
The Merchant of Venice 1999 - Olivier finished on: 10 May 2000
