The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a wonderful work written by one of the greatest English playwrights William Shakespeare. The merchant from Venice Antonio, while helping young Bassanio to resolve his money problems, got himself tricked by a Jew moneylender Shylock… William Shakespeare is an author of more than thirty plays, among them Hamlet, Macbeth, the Tempest, historical chronicles Richard III, Henry IV and Henry VI, a wonderful play Cymbeline and a tragedy The Merchant of Venice. William Shakespeare is the most performed playwright; the works of the great English poet have been on top of the world theatre stages for some centuries already.