Shylock (musical)

Shylock is a musical based on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, adapted and composed by Ed Dixon debuted at the York Theatre in 1987 with Dixon in the title role. The performance garnered him a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. The cast included Lisa 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 Madiera. Lloyd Battista was the director. According to Dixon, Shylock was an attempt to sympathetically explain the motivations of the eponymous 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.

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Characters	Shylock Antonio Portia

Sources	The Jew of Malta

On screen	1916 1923 1980 (TV) 2004 unfinished One Man Band (unfinished)

Adaptations	Le marchand de Venise (1935, opera) Shylock (1987, musical)

Derivative works	Serenade to Music (1938) Shylock (1996) Yasser (2001) The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002)

Related	"All that glitters is not gold" "All the world's a stage" "Between you and I" Quibble Letter and spirit of the law "Ding Dong Bell" "The quality of mercy"

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, September 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.