The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele
2014Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like to court the beautiful Portia but doesn‘t have the money to travel to her country estate, so he asks the merchant Antonio for help. Antonio‘s wealth is tied up in maritime trade but he offers to procure the sum Bassanio needs from the Jewish money lender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio for being so contemptuous in his treatment of Jews, and therefore stipulates that if the debt is not repaid within three months, the penalty will be a pound of Antonio‘s own flesh...
Acted in
Christopher Ainslie
as Antonio, a Merchant of Venice
Charles Workman
as Bassanio, a friend of Antonio
Adrian Clarke
as Salarino, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio
Jason Bridges
as Lorenzo, in love with Jessica
Adrian Eröd
as Shylock, a rich Jew
Kathryn Lewek
as Jessica, Shylock's daughter
Magdalena Anna Hofmann
as Portia, a rich heiress
Verena Gunz
as Nerissa, Portia's waiting-maid
Hanna Herfurtner
as A boy
Norman Patzke
as Solanio, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio
David Stout
as Gratiano, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio
Juliusz Kubiak
as Prince of Aragon