The merchant of Venice [dvd] / produced by Jonathan Miller ; directed by Jack Gold.
Publisher number: BBCDVD176721 | BBCSeries: BBC ShakespearePublication details: London : BBC, c2005. Description: 1 DVD (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inLOC classification: DVD: MERCCast: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Jameson, Leslee Udwin.Summary: Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his own flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the contract to be filled.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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DVD release of the 1980 television transmission.
Cast: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Jameson, Leslee Udwin.
Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his own flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the contract to be filled.
UK Cert. U.
PAL region 2 & 4.