Tickets have been secured for the performance on Wednesday 8 January 2025, the matinee performance at 2.30pm. Tickets are £45, stalls rows F23 to 18 & G24 to 21. Face value £99.50.

The Merchant of Venice 1936 London

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

Following a critically acclaimed run at The Criterion Theatre, and a sold-out UK tour, this thrilling adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic returns to the West End! Playing for a strictly limited season at Trafalgar Theatre, Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises her celebrated role in this tale of political unrest. Book your tickets now.

What is The Merchant of Venice 1936 about?

Acclaimed director, Brigid Larmour transports the bard’s classic to 1930s Britain, where tensions in London’s East End are rising, and its inhabitents are close to breaking point. When Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists voice their plan a march through the Jewish neighborhood, the fragile peace threatens to shatter.

Shylock (Tracy-Ann Oberman), a widow, single mother and survivor of attacks on Jewish people in Russia, runs a small business from her home in Cable Street. The industrious and resilent refugee is desperate to protect her daughter’s future, at any cost. When the charming merchant Antonio comes to her for a loan, a high-stakes deal is struck. Will Shylock take her vengeance, and if she does, who will pay the ultimate price?

Don’t miss this electrifying and timely adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, a fierce and fascinating reminder of a key moment in recent British history.

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