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🎬 Watch Live Stream “The Merchant of Venice“ at 21:25 today 🎬 The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. 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 it 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“. Critic Harold Bloom listed it among Shakespeare's great comedies. Shylock is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal antagonist. His defeat and conversion to Christianity forms the climax of the story.
