Shylock (musical)

Shylock is a musical based on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, adapted and composed by Ed Dixon debuted at the York Theatre in 1987 with Dixon in the title role. The performance garnered him a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. The cast included Lisa Vroman, Charles Pistone, Dennis Parlato, Ann Brown and Joel Fredricks. Kathline Rubbico was musical director with sets and costumes by James Morgan and lighting by Marcia Madeira. Lloyd Battista was the director. According to Dixon, Shylock was an attempt to sympathetically explain the motivations of the eponymous character.^[1]

References

^ Rozett, Martha Tuck (1994). Talking back to Shakespeare. Newark: Univ. of Delaware Press [u.a.] p. 53. ISBN 0-87413-529-X.

This musical theatre related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Rozett, Martha Tuck (1994). Talking back to Shakespeare. Newark: Univ. of Delaware Press [u.a.] p. 53. ISBN 0-87413-529-X.

[1]

v t e William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Characters	Shylock Antonio Bassanio Portia Jessica
Sources	Gesta Romanorum Il Pecorone The Jew of Malta
On screen	1914 1916 1923 Shylock (1940) 1953 1961 1969 1980 (TV) 2004
Music	Incidental music: Shylock (1889) Opera: Le marchand de Venise (1935); The Merchant of Venice (1982) Musical: Shylock (1987)
Adaptations	Serenade to Music (1938) The Merchant (1976) Shylock (1996) Yasser (2001) The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002)
Related	"All that glitters is not gold" "Between you and I" "The quality of mercy"