“What a marvellous play this is, dancing as it does on the tightrope between the comic and the tragicomic. Here is a romantic comedy remembered less for declarations of love than those of murderous intent. Replete with over-quoted speeches, this is the play whose villain's role is twice as coveted as its hero's. Not quite the exuberant comedy that is 'Twelfth Night' and too delightful to be as problematic as 'Measure for Measure', The Merchant of Venice is in a class of perfection quite...”

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