Shylock(musical)

Shylockis a musical based on Shakespeare'sThe Merchant of Venice,adapted and composed byEd Dixondebuted at theYork Theatrein 1987 with Dixon in the title role. The performance garnered him aDrama Desk nominationfor Best Actor in a Musical. The cast includedLisa Vroman,Charles Pistone,Dennis Parlato,Ann Brown and Joel Fredricks. Kathline Rubbico was musical director with sets and costumes by James Morgan and lighting by Marcia Madeira.Lloyd Battistawas the director. According to Dixon,Shylockwas an attempt to sympathetically explain the motivations of theeponymous character.^[1]

References

^Rozett, Martha Tuck (1994).Talking back to Shakespeare.Newark: Univ. of Delaware Press [u.a.] p. 53.ISBN 0-87413-529-X.

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[1] Rozett, Martha Tuck (1994).Talking back to Shakespeare.Newark: Univ. of Delaware Press [u.a.] p. 53.ISBN 0-87413-529-X.

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v t e William Shakespeare'sThe Merchant of Venice
Characters	Shylock Antonio Bassanio Portia Jessica
Sources	Gesta Romanorum Il Pecorone The Jew of Malta
On screen	1914 1916 1923 Shylock(1940) 1953 1961 1969 1980(TV) 2004
Music	Incidental music:Shylock(1889) Opera:Le marchand de Venise(1935);The Merchant of Venice(1982) Musical:Shylock(1987)
Adaptations	Serenade to Music(1938) The Merchant(1976) Shylock(1996) Yasser(2001) The Maori Merchant of Venice(2002)
Related	"All that glitters is not gold" "Between you and I" "The quality of mercy"