The Merchant (Student Editions)

Wesker, Arnold

ISBN 10: 0413516202 / ISBN 13: 9780413516206

Published by Methuen Drama, 2006

Seller Inventory # 0413516202-3-34398121

Synopsis:

The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary by
Glenda Leeming.

About the Author: Arnold Wesker F.R.S.L was knighted in 2006 for ‘services to drama’. He has written over forty-three plays, two opera libretti, various mechanical adaptations; four volumes of short stories, a children’s book, and a novel; two volumes of essays, an autobiography, a diary,and a book on journalism; and recently his first volume of poetry. His plays have been produced in cities from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo, from Paris to Moscow, from Montreal to Zurich, and The Kitchen – his most performed play has been performed yearly somewhere or other around the world for the last fifty years, and recently was revived by The National Theatre in 2011. Arnold Wesker was the recently featured in the Guardian ahead of revivals of his plays Chicken Soup With Barley (The Royal Court) and The Kitchen (The National Theatre): Guardian interview | Arnold Wesker

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Merchant (Student Editions)
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good