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Recommended Reading: The Merchant of Venice

Armour, Richard. Twisted Tales from Shakespeare. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957.

Auden, W. H. “Brothers & Others.” In The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays, 218–237. New York: Random House, 1962.

Barnet, Sylvan, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Merchant of Venice: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

Granville-Barker, Harley. Prefaces to Shakespeare, Vol. I. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946.

Gross, John. Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992.

Harbage, Alfred. William Shakespeare: A Reader’s Guide. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1963.

Holmer, Joan Ozark. The Merchant of Venice: Choice, Hazard, and Consequence. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1995.

Kennedy, Dennis. Looking at Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

McDonald, Russ, ed. The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996.

Shapiro, James S. Shakespeare and the Jews. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.

Spencer, Christopher. The Genesis of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Lewiston, New York: E. Mellen Press, 1988.

Wheeler, Thomas, ed. The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.

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What's On

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As You Like It

June 18 - September 6, 2025

Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre

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Steel Magnolias

June 21 - October 4, 2025

Randall L. Jones

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The Importance of Being Earnest

June 20 - October 4, 2025

Randall L. Jones Theatre

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

June 19 - October 3, 2025

Randall L. Jones Theatre

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Macbeth

June 16 - September 4, 2025

Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre

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Antony and Cleopatra

June 17 - September 5, 2025

Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre

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