Antonio is one of the main characters in The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shakespeare. Antonio and his friend Bassanio ask for a loan so that Bassanio can impress Portia, the woman he loves.

Intelligent modern take on Shakespeare’s problem play directed by Arin Arbus and starring John Douglas Thompson as a superb ...

Bassanio writes a letter to Portia telling ... Shylock, a money-lender, lends Antonio a loan, even though Antonio often berates Shylock for being a Jew. The terms of the loan are that should ...

Antonio's friend Bassanio (José Espinosa ... Up, up and away! Go: "The Merchant of Venice," through Sunday, Dec. 22, Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St., New York, $47 to $137; 212-677-4210 ...

In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in ...

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune ...

Theatre For A New Audience is an American group based in New York City, and their 2022 production of The Merchant of Venice, which here marks the company’s Edinburgh debut, bristles with new word ...

The Merchant of Venice is available in Liverpool Playhouse from February 4 - 8. Tickets are available from £11. You can purchase tickets here.

Shylock, here a single parent, requests a pound of flesh from Antonio, part of Mosley ... This version of The Merchant of Venice proves that Shakespeare can be a springboard for an exceptionally ...