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Alan Yentob travels t o the ghetto i n Venice with award-win ning nov elist Howard J acobson as he e mbarks on a retelling of S hakespeare& amp;#39;s m ost performed play, The M erchant of V enice. Throu gh a seri es of lively - often fiery - inter views, t hey exam ine the cha rge of anti-Semitism a gainst Sh akespear e, whose char acter Shylock r emains one of th e most odious a nd divisive fi ctional Jews in history. How did the moneylende r from Venice become such a useful propagan da tool in Naz i Germany? And how much of a liberty will Jacobson be taki ng when he up roots the action to mod ern-day Alde rley Edge , and aud aciously rein terprets th e infamous &am p;#39;poun d of flesh& ;#39;? Interv iewees include Antony Sher, Anthony Jul ius and S tephen Greenblatt. Alan Yentob travels to the ghetto in Venice with award-w inning novelist Howard Jacobson as he emba
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