Shylock's Ghost

As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan Yentob to the ghetto in Venice to explore Shakespeare's most performed play - and in particular the character of the most divisive fictional Jew in history, Shylock. On their journey, Howard and Alan examine the evidence behind the charge of antisemitism against Shakespeare. How did his old Jew from Venice become such a useful propaganda tool during the Third Reich, and what was behind the absurd and infamous proposal to cut off a 'pound of flesh'?

Howard Jacobson

Self

Alan Yentob

Self - Presenter

Antony Sher

Self

Reg E. Cathey

Self

Anthony Julius

Self

Stephen Greenblatt

Self

Jonathan Pryce

Self

• Colette CamdenDirector

Release date

October 27, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Documentary, History