The Merchant of Venice

By William Shakespeare

Internet Shakespeare Editions

University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Published 2005, updated 2005-09-15

Coordinating Editor: Michael Best

Research Assistants: Alan Galey, Tanya Gough, Beth Norris

This text was prepared for the Internet Shakespeare Editions in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, under the direction of Michael Best; it has been checked electronically with the text from the Oxford Text Archive and proofread carefully by our research assistant(s) but has not yet been fully edited.

Copyright Internet Shakespeare Editions. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Coordinating Editor.

The Texts

• The Merchant of Venice (Folio 1, 1623)
• The Merchant of Venice (Quarto 1, 1600)

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Facsimiles

• First Folio (1623) from Brandeis University Library
• First Folio (1623) from State Library of New South Wales
• Second Folio (1632) from State Library of New South Wales
• Third Folio (1664) from State Library of New South Wales
• Fourth Folio (1685) from State Library of New South Wales

Related Life And Times Pages

• The Merchant of Venice
• Venice and Belmont
• Shylock and the Jews
• Legal comedy
• Love and money
• The music of the spheres?

Performances

• The Merchant of Venice (2012, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Merchant of Venice (2011, Big Ideas Club, Canada)
• The Merchant of Venice (2010, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• Der Kaufmann von Venedig (2008, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
• Portia, My Love (2008, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Canada)
• The Merchant of Venice (2008, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Canada)
• The Merchant of Venice (2008, Galleon Theatre Company Ltd., UK)
• The Merchant of Venice (2008, Douglas Morse, UK)
• The Merchant of Venice (2006, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Australia)
• The Merchant of Venice (2006, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Merchant of Venice (2006, Shakespeare by the Sea - Sydney, Australia)
• The Merchant of Venice (2006, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Merchant of Venice (2006, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, USA)
• Il Mercante di Venezia (Der Kaufmann von Venedig) (2005, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
• The Merchant of Venice (2005, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Merchant of Venice (2005, Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax, Canada)
• The Merchant of Venice (2005, Brentwood Shakespeare Company, UK)
• Der Kaufmann von Venedig (2004, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Germany)
• Shakespeare's Comic Olympics (2004, Upstart Crow Theatre Group, Canada)
• The Merchant of Venice (2004, River City Shakespeare Festival/Free Will Players, Canada)
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Artifacts

Performance Materials

• audio artifacts (1 artifact)
• graphic artifacts (3 artifacts)
• interview artifacts (1 artifact)
• magazine artifacts (1 collection)
• newsletter artifacts (2 collections)
• page artifacts (17 artifacts)
• pamphlet artifacts (8 collections, 7 artifacts)
• photograph artifacts (1 artifact)
• postcard artifacts (3 collections)
• poster artifacts (5 artifacts)
• press clipping artifacts (3 artifacts)
• press release artifacts (2 artifacts)
• production still artifacts (89 artifacts)
• program artifacts (22 collections)
• review artifacts (6 collections, 21 artifacts)
• script artifacts (1 collection, 2 artifacts)