The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 21.0288 Thursday, 15 July 2010
[1] From: Tom Reedy <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 12, 2010 6:56:56 PM EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
[2] From: David Bishop <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 12, 2010 7:42:04 PM EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
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From: Tom Reedy <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 12, 2010 6:56:56 PM EDT
Subject: 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
Comment: Re: SHK 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
>David Basch wrote:
>
>The issue you brought up in your letter addressed to me is, I think, a
>crucial one. It concerns the extent of the right of a director to
>guide interpretations of a play.
As the years roll by I tend to look at Shakespeare's published plays more as the
ore from which directors mine their play rather than holy scripture.
Tom Reedy
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From: David Bishop <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 12, 2010 7:42:04 PM EDT
Subject: 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
Comment: Re: SHK 21.0281 Pacino as Shylock in the Park
Many have made much of Portia's line, "Which is the merchant here and which the
Jew?" Not many have noted that this is a crowded courtroom, in which other Jews
may also be present, but that, in any case, the Duke responds to her question
with, "Antonio and old Shylock, both stand forth." This at least plausibly
suggests that they must separate themselves from the crowd to show Portia which
individuals are the principals in the case. It's still possible to find more
significance in Portia's line, but to go on about it without taking note of the
line that follows it is, unfortunately, not uncommon.
Best wishes,
David Bishop
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