Shylock

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But before Page reaches Iago, he spends time with Shylock from the “The Merchant of Venice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Tracy-Ann Oberman is playing Shylock in Shakespeare's classic The Merchant of Venice, as the play is transported to 1930s London.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

He played Shylock in a 2005 production of “The Merchant of Venice” and Gremio in “The Taming of the Shrew,” among many other roles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

“The essential nature of art is freedom,” said the Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, whose many credits include Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” though Mr. Abraham is not Jewish.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

After we closed our books, Mrs. Baker asked me to discuss the character of Shylock.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt