BBC Television Shakespeare
BBC Television Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (3x2)
Ausstrahlung: Feb 17, 1980
Antonio's best friend, Bassiano, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock calls for the contract to be filled.
- Premiere: Dez 1978
- Episoden: 37
- Anhänger: 1
- Geendet
- BBC Two
- Unbekannt