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By William Shakespeare Tracy-Ann Oberman stars in Shakespeare’s classic The Merchant of Venice (1936) 1936. Fascism is sweeping Europe and the Jewish East End is under threat. Shylock has already...

Join Tracy-Ann Oberman and Lord Mann as they discuss the importance of reclaiming history against the backdrop of this new re-imagined production of The Merchant of Venice 1936. The new...

...mixed with darker and more brutal elements in subtly changing scenes, The Merchant of Venice is an outstanding addition to Compass’ succesful run of the major Shakespeare plays and modern...

In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do...

Cocteau’s spellbinding, sensuous masterpiece was recently described by Guillermo del Toro as ‘the most perfect cinematic fable ever told’. A hapless merchant, lost in a dark forest, seeks refuge in...

Based on a short story by Karen Blixen, The Immortal Story is set in the Portuguese colony of Macao in the 19th century and concerns a wealthy merchant with skeletons in his closet. Welles’ second-to-last completed feature, the film boasts sumptuous cinematography by Willy Kurant, who would go on to work with Godard and music by Eric Satie. Originally released as part of a double bill with Buñuel’s Simon of the Desert, like much of Welles’ work it polarised the critics.

Acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis (White Material, Beau Travail) returns with arguably her most mysterious work since 2004’s L’intrus. A man commits suicide, leaving his affairs in chaos and wife in a state of distress. She contacts her brother (Vincent Lindon), who gives up his job as a merchant sea captain to investigate what happened. But, the truth may be something that no one ever wants revealed.

...Rising, Hannibal) as a well-to-do horse merchant who resorts to fanatical and violent extremes to obtain justice after a nobleman openly and illegally humiliates him by stealing two of his...

...19:45 The Merchant of Venice (1936) – Watford Palace Theatre in association with HOME Thu 16 Mar, 19:30 Of All The Beautiful Things in the World – Yusra Warsama Wed...

...with a string of hit Manchester Evening News Theatre-Award winning productions, such as The Merchant of Venice (1993), The Life of Galileo (1996 – sharing it jointly with two other...