The Merchant of Venice - (Folger Shakespeare Library) Annotated by William Shakespeare (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In <i>The Merchant of Venice</i>, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. <p/>Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero. <p/>Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven." <p/>The authoritative edition of <i>The Merchant of Venice</i> from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: <p/>-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play <p/>-Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play <p/>-Scene-by-scene plot summaries <p/>-A key to the play's famous lines and phrases <p/>-An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language <p/>-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play <p/>-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books <p/>-An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading <p/>Essay by Alexander Leggatt <p/>The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England's Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children--an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare's working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death. <p/>Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research <i>emerita</i> at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of <i>Shakespeare Quarterly</i>, and author of <i>The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances</i> and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and their editing. <p/>Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King's University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of <i>Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare</i> and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays.
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