A Vegas-Themed Merchant Of Venice? — londonist.com

Tim Steed, Raphael Sowole and Scott Handy. Photo by Ellie Kurttz. Tim Steed, Raphael Sowole and Scott Handy. Photo by Ellie Kurttz.Ian McDiarmid as Shylock. Photo by Ellie Kurttz.Emily Plumtree and Susannah Fielding. Photo by Ellie Kurttz. How things change: the London theatre establishment once sneered at the likes of Al Pacino for daring to perform Shakespeare’s verse in an American accent, but now it’s the English who are aping the yanks.

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