Shakespeare in perspective. The merchant of Venice. Season 3, episode 2

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The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The Merchant of Venice, was written and presented by playwright and screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz and was filmed in Lincoln, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Jack Gold.