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About Merchant of Venice

British Library - Background on Merchant of Venice
Provides an overview on the sources, publication and performances for .
Dates and Sources from Royal Shakespeare Company
When was Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice first performed? What stories inspired the play?
Folger Shakespeare Library: Picturing The Merchant of Venice
As part of an NEH-funded project, the Folger digitized thousands of 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century images representing Shakespeare’s plays. Images of the early printed texts of the play are also viewable.
Shakespeare in Italy: Land of Love (Episode 1)
Video: Francesco da Mosto takes to the Italian road in search of Shakespeare in Italy.
Shakespeare in Italy: Land of Fortune (Episode Two)

Shakespeare Uncovered: Merchant of Venice, PBS 2018, 54 minutes
Part of the PBS Shakespeare Uncovered Series this episode on The Merchant of Venice with F. Murray Abraham examines the efforts over the years to interpret Shylock "as both villain and victim."