简介：AlanYentobtravelstotheghettoinVenicewithaward-winningnovelistHowardJacobsonasheembarksonaretellingofShakespeare'smostperformedplay,TheMerchantofVenice.Throughaseriesoflively-oftenfiery-interviews,theyexaminethechargeofanti-SemitismagainstShakespeare,whosecharacterShylockremainsoneofthemostodiousanddivisivefictionalJewsinhistory. HowdidthemoneylenderfromVenicebecomesuchausefulpropagandatoolinNaziGermany?AndhowmuchofalibertywillJacobsonbetakingwhenheuprootstheactiontomodern-dayAlderleyEdge,andaudaciouslyreinterpretstheinfamous'poundofflesh'? IntervieweesincludeAntonySher,AnthonyJuliusandStephenGreenblatt.