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Merchant of Venice by TNT Theatre Britain in Beijing

Date: March 14-17 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Chaoyang 9 Theater-Che

Price: 60-380 yuan

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. 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 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". Bassanio is considered as the central hero of the story, and his dearest friend Antonio, mainly described as the kindest man in this world.

(China Daily 04/11/2015 page20)