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Theatre

RSC’s Merchant of Venice is full of puzzling ornaments and accents

25 July 2020

9:00 AM

25 July 2020

9:00 AM

Merchant of Venice

RSC, via iPlayer, until 23 August

Rush

BBC Four

The BBC announces Merchant of Venice as if it were a Hollywood blockbuster. ‘In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God.’ The RSC, which staged the show in 2015, calls it ‘a thrilling, contemporary interpretation’.

Each element in Polly Findlay’s production looks fine. Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Patsy Ferran (Bassanio and Portia) are as cute as a pair of Love Islandhotties.

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