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To: vmivol00
Shylock is a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (London: Hayes, 1600)
14 posted on 05/06/2013 1:52:11 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Thanks...brain fart,,,,ha ha


18 posted on 05/06/2013 2:49:45 PM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: Fiji Hill; vmivol00

Since both plays were in Venice, maybe Shylock was in the “original” version of Othello, but Shakespeare took him out when he realized Richard Burbage couldn’t play both roles in the same play?


19 posted on 05/06/2013 2:55:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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