The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Antonio borrows three thousand ducats from the moneylender Shylock so his friend Bassanio can court an heiress. Shylock, who has been spat on by Antonio in public for years, sets the interest at a pound of flesh, and Antonio signs.

The ships do not come back. What follows is a trial scene that has been performed as comedy, tragedy and indictment in different centuries, and a defence — "Hath not a Jew eyes?" — that the play never fully resolves. Portia, disguised as a lawyer, wins on a technicality that is either brilliant or monstrous.

One of Shakespeare's most performed and most debated plays, with the full text and explanatory notes.

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