The Merchant of Venice

Wendy and I saw The Merchant of Venice at the Guthrie the other night. Wonderful production, but the anti-Semitism in the play was very offensive. The play itself is almost like 2 separate plays. The Portia story was beautiful and fun. The Shylock parts were repulsive. The ending where the “state” decrees that Shylock must become a Christian or lose everything was especially repugnant.