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Shakespeare’s Globe present their acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice. Double Olivier and Tony award winner, Jonathan Pryce, tackles the challenging role of the moneylender Shylockin a reprise of what was his first appearance at Shakespeare’s Globe.

In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default ona large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.

In some of his most highly-charged scenes, Shakespeare dramatises the competing claims of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy, while in the character of Shylock he created one of the most memorable outsiders in all theatre. Oscar and Tony Award winner, and ’High Sparrow’ in HBO series Game of Thrones, Jonathan Pryce is Shylock in this revival of the thrilling 2015 Globe production with Rachel Pickup from Elementary as Portia. The original cast of this production toured China in 2016 and was well received by audiences and critics alike.

《威尼斯商人》剧情简介：

美丽、继承了一大笔财产的鲍西亚小姐向她的求婚者们出了一道难题：胜者赢美人，求婚者巴萨尼奥远道而来，为求婚而托朋友安东尼奥向犹太“奸商”夏洛克借贷三千金币。巴萨尼奥最终解决了难题抱得美人归，但天有不测风云，安东尼奥的商船被风浪损毁，无力偿还借款。早就对安东尼奥怀恨在心的夏洛克对他身上的一磅肉虎视眈眈……

《权力的游戏》中的大反派“大麻雀”扮演者

乔纳森·普雷斯 Jonathan Pryce

《威尼斯商人》作为莎士比亚从浪漫喜剧向悲剧创作的过渡的重要作品，随着时代更迭而广受争议，话题超越了表面的公平与宽恕、仁慈与卑鄙，审视了社会中的种族分歧与个体的自私性。戛纳影帝、托尼奖得主、《权力的游戏》中的大反派“大麻雀”扮演者乔纳森·普雷斯饰演了莎剧中几百年来最闻名于世的吝啬鬼夏洛克，奉献了最令人印象深刻的、惹人同情、人性化十足的“恶人”演绎。女主角鲍西娅由曾在《福尔摩斯：基本演绎法》中出演的瑞秋·皮卡普饰演。该版本曾于2016年原班人马来华演出，获得广泛好评。

Welcome to The Bookworm experiencethe original Shakespeare drama and unique historic playing. The event takesplace on August 30, 7.30pm. Come join us and enjoy your drama screening night!

The Merchant of Venice

154 mins

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Director

Jonathan Munby

Key Cast

Jonathan Pryce /Rachel Pickup / Daniel Lapaine

Friday, August 30 at 7:30pm

100 RMB Early bird ticket (Until August 23th)

120 RMB Standard ticket (Include a drink）

Book a seat at https://yoopay.cn/event/70841297

Pls note that this event is aim for promotingliterature and dramatic culture, contents will not be presented the finestquality.