{"product_id":"the-merchant-of-venice-second-edition-paperback","title":"The Merchant of Venice: Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoika Sokolova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKirilka Stavreva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoika Sokolova and Kirilka Stavreva's second edition of the stage history of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves into the chronology of James Bulman's first edition richly contextualised chapters on Max Reinhardt, Peter Zadek, and the first production of the play in Mandatory Palestine, directed by Leopold Jessner. While the focus of the book is on post-1990s productions across Europe and the USA, and on film, the Segue provides a broad survey of the interpretative shifts in the play's performance from the 1930s to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Individual chapters explore productions by Peter Zadek, Trevor Nunn, Robert Sturua, Edward Hall, Rupert Goold, Daniel Sullivan, and Karin Coonrod. An extensive film section including silent film offers close analysis of Don Selwyn's \u003ci\u003eTe Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti\u003c\/i\u003e and Michael Radford's adaptation\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Accessible and engaging, the book will interest students, academics, and general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoika Sokolova and Kirilka Stavreva's second edition of the stage history of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves into the chronology of James Bulman's first edition richly contextualised chapters on Max Reinhardt, Peter Zadek, and the first production of the play in Mandatory Palestine, directed by Leopold Jessner. The main focus of the book is on post-1990s productions across Europe and the USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Segue provides a broad survey of the interpretative shifts in performance from the 1930s to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Informative chapters on productions of the play by major contemporary directors present the work of Trevor Nunn, Robert Sturua, Edward Hall, Rupert Goold, Daniel Sullivan and Karin Coonrod's staging in the Venetian Ghetto. An extensive section engages with the cinematic history of the play, from silent-era adaptations, like Peter Paul Felner's \u003ci\u003eDer Kaufmann von Venedig \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Jew of Mestri\u003c\/i\u003e), through Pierre Billon's talkie \u003ci\u003eLe Marchand de \u003c\/i\u003eVenise; it includes a close analysis of Don Selwyn's \u003ci\u003eTe Tangata Whai Rawa or Weniti\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Maori Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e) and Michael Radford's\u003ci\u003e William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis broad picture of key theatrical and film transformations of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e will prove essential to students of the history of performance, scholars interested in the general trends and local specificities of the play's staging and reception, as well as to theatre practitioners and all those who are prepared to look into the dark history of anti-Semitism and oppression, reflected in the stage fortunes of Shakespeare's play.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoika Sokolova is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in England \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKirilka Stavreva is Professor of English at Cornell College, USA\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646217085030,"sku":"9781526195401","price":72.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/KHIhGodsgz9781526195401.webp?v=1779411023","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-merchant-of-venice-second-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}