The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0973  Wednesday, 1 November 2006

[1] 	From: 	JD Markel <
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	Date: 	Tuesday, 31 Oct 2006 15:25:52 -0800 (PST)
	Subj: 	Re: SHK 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant

[2] 	From: 	Brian Willis <
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	Date: 	Wednesday, 1 Nov 2006 04:56:01 -0800 (PST)
	Subj: 	Re: SHK 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant


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From: 		JD Markel <
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Date: 		Tuesday, 31 Oct 2006 15:25:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant
Comment: 	Re: SHK 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant

"My understanding was that the original conception for Stewart's film 
was to be modern dress/corporate"

According to various web postings it will be filmed in Vegas at the 
Venetian.  The latter is where Michael Jackson had his famous shopping 
spree accompanied by Martin Bashir.

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From: 		Brian Willis <
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Date: 		Wednesday, 1 Nov 2006 04:56:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant
Comment: 	Re: SHK 17.0962 Patrick Stewart's Merchant

He told the British Graduate Conference in June that it would be in 
modern dress, set in a Las Vegas casino, with McKellen as Antonio and 
Julia Stiles as Portia. Michael Almereyda was slated to direct at that 
point. I do not know if anything has changed since then but I'm glad to 
hear that it is going through because his enthusiasm for the project was 
very palpable.

Brian Willis

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