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Shylock Is My Name
- The Merchant of Venice Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
- Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Shylock Is My Name
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Publisher's Summary
'Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here?'
With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need of someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshire's Golden Triangle, he invites him back to his house. It's the beginning of a remarkable friendship.
Elsewhere in the Golden Triangle, the rich, manipulative Plurabelle (aka Anna Livia Plurabelle Cleopatra a Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever Christine) is the face of her own TV series, existing in a bubble of plastic surgery and lavish parties. She shares prejudices and a barbed sense of humour with her loyal friend, D'Anton, whose attempts to play Cupid involve Strulovitch's daughter - and put a pound of flesh on the line.
Howard Jacobson's version of The Merchant of Venice bends time to its own advantage as it asks what it means to be a father, a Jew and a merciful human being in the modern world.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Daniel Stranger
- 20-11-2018
Unfaltable
A beautiful, bold reimagining of The Merchant Of Venice. Rich, engaging characters that portray excellent counterparts to the original. Great twist at the end - even if you know how Shakespeare ended it!
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