The merchant of Venice [videorecording] / [presented by] ITC Distribution ; Jonathan Miller's production ; presented by the National Theatre ; directed for television by John Sichel.
A television version of Jonathan Miller's 1973 London stage production.
Summary:
Set in 1860's Venice, a young Venetian borrows money from a Jew who gives him the money on the security of one pound of flesh. Upon default the Jew insists on payment of his bond and the young Venetian is rescued by the heroine disguised as a male lawyer.
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