The Appeal of Shylock; Canada's top judges and lawyers clash over a 400-year-old verdict, on-stage at The Stratford Festival
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice culminates in a dramatic trial featuring "a pound of flesh." Famously, Shylock, the moneylender, lost. Last season at The Stratford Festival, Shylock had the chance for a do-over. "The Appeal of Shylock" stars Canada's top-drawer legal talent, presided over by Madame Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada and performed in...
William Shakespeare'sThe Merchant of Venice culminates in a dramatic trial featuring "a pound of flesh." Famously, Shylock, the moneylender, lost. Last season at The Stratford Festival, Shylock had the chance for a do-over. "The Appeal of Shylock" stars Canada's top-drawer legal talent, presided over by Madame Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada and performed in front of an appreciative audience.
Our thanks to The Stratford Festival for allowing us to record and broadcast Shylock's appeal.
Our thanks to The Stratford Festival for allowing us to record and broadcast Shylock's appeal.