Published on Feb 5, 2015

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Genre: Drama

Dates: April 14-17, 2015

Venue: TNT Theatre ( Nine Theatre )

Prices: 120, 180, 280, 380

Features: The Merchant of Venice is one of best play by William Shakespeare. From Tuesday April 14th to Friday April 17th, the TNT Theatre Britain will presents the classical Merchant of Venice at Nine Theatre in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath Not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia's speech about "the quality of mercy". Bassanio is considered as the central hero of the story, and his dearest friend Antonio, mainly described as the kindest man in this world.

The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and most famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: "The most excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreme cruelty of Shylock the Jew towards the said Merchant, ..."

TNT Theatre Britain
TNT Theatre was founded in 1980 in Britain and since then has established itsdlf as one of the most popular international touring theatre companies in the world.Last season alone the company produced seven productions in almost thirty countries worldwide.Aiming to integrate all the always include a specially commissioned score by a leading composer.TNT Theatre has won many awards at e.g.the Munich Biennale,the Edinburgh Festival,the Tehran Festival and from the government of Singapore.

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