Event Details: Lensic Presents: Shylock

As one of only two Jewish men in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Shylock has been portrayed in ways which reflected how Jews were popularly viewed—from comic villain in Shakespeare's day, to a victim of racial discrimination today.

This award-winning, poignant, powerful yet humorous performance, from the company that created the Olivier Award- winning Morecambe, brings us Shylock, afresh in one of the most globally successful solo shows of the last decade. Guy Masterson stars in this production, written and directed by Gareth Armstrong.

Masterson, perhaps the world's leading exponent of the form, honors one of Shakespeare's finest creations from one of his greatest plays in a performance that celebrates the beauty of language, the power of history and the magic of theater.