TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare, William AU - Pacino, Al AU - Irons, Jeremy AU - Fiennes, Joseph AU - Collins, Lynn TI - William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2005/// CY - California PB - Sony Pictures Classics, KW - Moneylenders KW - Italy--Venice KW - Shylock (Fictitious character) N2 - "Antonio, a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock, a wealthy moneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio woo the fair Portia. Despite being longtime enemies, Shylock grants the request, but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock seeks what is legally owed him but soon learns that those to whom evil is done, do evil in return"-- Container ER -