The Merchant of Venice

Name: The Merchant of Venice
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SKU: 9780866986809
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By Elise Thoron and William Shakespeare

Series: Play on Shakespeare

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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, translated by Elise Thoron, offers a clear and compelling contemporary verse adaptation that highlights timeless themes of prejudice, privilege, and social justice. Set in Shakespeare's Venice, the play explores complex dilemmas surrounding systemic racism and injustice through powerful poetic language, making the story accessible and urgent for today's readers.
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Ideal for readers interested in classic literature, social justice, and contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare. Also recommended for students, theatre enthusiasts, and those looking to engage with modern perspectives on historical themes.

"This clear, compelling contemporary verse translation retains the power of the original iambic pentameter while allowing readers and audiences to fully comprehend and directly experience the brutal dilemmas of the play, where prejudice and privilege reign unchallenged"--

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An updated version of The Merchant of Venice that speaks to our contemporary reckoning with racism and injustice.

Elise Thoron’s translation of Shakespeare’s searing The Merchant of Venice cuts straight to the heart of today’s fraught issues of social justice and systemic racism. Thoron’s clear, compelling contemporary verse translation retains the power of the original iambic pentameter while allowing readers and audiences to fully comprehend and directly experience the brutal dilemmas of Shakespeare’s Venice, where prejudice and privilege reign unchallenged.

As the author of three acclaimed music-theatre works on the Jewish experience and informed by her work directing cross-cultural projects in locations as different as Russia, Japan, Cuba, and New York City, Thoron brings to her Merchant an immediacy that speaks directly to the present reckoning with race in America.

This translation was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of "The Bard" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.