简介：AlanYentobtravelstotheghettoinVenicewithaward-winningnovelistHowardJacobsonasheembarksonaretellingofShakespeare'smostperformedplay,TheMerchantofVenice.Throughaseriesoflively-oftenfiery-interviews,theyexaminethechargeofanti-SemitismagainstShakespeare,whosecharacterShylockremainsoneofthemostodiousanddivisivefictionalJewsinhistory.HowdidthemoneylenderfromVenicebecomesuchausefulpropagandatoolinNaziGermany?AndhowmuchofalibertywillJacobsonbetakingwhenheuprootstheactiontomodern-dayAlderleyEdge,andaudaciouslyreinterpretstheinfamous'poundofflesh'?IntervieweesincludeAntonySher,AnthonyJuliusandStephenGreenblatt.…