President Donald Trump said Friday he didn’t know the term “Shylock” was antisemitic, after he was slammed by groups including the Anti-Defamation League for using the word during a campaign rally ...

As long as we’re on the subject, I want to take a look at a famous speech from Merchant of Venice, the speech where Shylock justifies, to two of his tormentors, his thirst for vengeance. With whom is ...

How do you play Shakespeare's famous villain without resorting to anti-semitic caricature? One young actor asked Jewish religious affairs specialist Nathan Jeffay for advice ... I am used to all sorts ...

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Last night I finally saw The Merchant of Venice in Central Park, directed by Daniel Sullivan with Al Pacino as Shylock. I am, generally, a skeptic of productions that treat the play as something other ...