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Shylock (play)
''Shylock'' is an award-winning monologue in one 80-minute act written by Canadian playwright Mark Leiren-Young.〔Charlesbois, Gaetan. “Shylock”. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia''. 18 June 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2013〕 It premiered at Bard on the Beach on August 5, 1996, where it was directed by John Juliani and starred popular Canadian radio host, David Berner. Its American debut was in 1998 at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre where it was directed by Deborah Block, starred William Leach and was “Barrymore Recommended.” It has since been produced at theatres, Shakespeare Festivals and Fringes throughout Canada and the US (including the San Diego Repertory Theatre where it was staged opposite a controversial production of The Merchant of Venice), was translated for a production in Denmark and has been staged twice by the original actor, Berner, in Venice.
The play focuses on a Jewish actor named Jon Davies, who is featured as Shylock in a production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Jon addresses his audience at a “talk back” session, after the play is closed abruptly due to controversy over the play’s alleged Antisemitism. Davies is portrayed both in and out of character, presenting and stripping down the layers between character and actor.
==Background==
In the comedy The Merchant of Venice, the character of Shylock lends a fellow merchant money.〔Lefkowitz, David. “Satirical ‘Shylock’ Opens Feb. 25 at PA’s Walnut”. ''Playbill Inc''. 25 February 1998. Retrieved January 19, 2013.〕 The merchant’s ships sink, yet despite this loss, Shylock demands his money back. His defiant nature supposedly stems from a desire to avenge the unfair treatment of his Jewish people by Christians. Shylock is ultimately humiliated by the Christian court, his daughter disobeys him and marries out of race, and he is swindled out of his bond and forced to convert. At the time it was written, in 16th-century Venice, Jewish citizens were locked in the ghetto at nighttime and were forced to wear identifying hats during the day.〔Woodend, Dorothy. “Sympathy for Shylock”. ''The Tyee''. 14 January 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2013.〕
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