A new film adaptatn of Shakpeare's The Merchant of Venice rais the ntroversial qutn of whether the tle character was gay.
Contents:
- IS THERE ANY EVINCE FOR A GAY RELATNSHIP THE MERCHANT OF VENICE?
- WAS THE MERCHANT OF VENICE GAY?
- STAGE REVIEW: ‘THE MERCHANT OF VENICE’ TAK A GAY PATH TO TRAGEDY
IS THERE ANY EVINCE FOR A GAY RELATNSHIP THE MERCHANT OF VENICE?
The RSC webse has a 1965 productn wh "the unmistakeable suggtn of a homosexual dimensn to the relatnship between Bassan and Anton". It uld be showg them as gay or bisexual, or uld jt be showg the difference male iendships across different plac and tim.
WAS THE MERCHANT OF VENICE GAY?
More direct discsn of queerns - or jt bg the bullet and showg the characters as gay - seems to start the late 1970s, gog by Joseph Pequey's The Two Antons and Same-Sex Love Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice (PDF).
STAGE REVIEW: ‘THE MERCHANT OF VENICE’ TAK A GAY PATH TO TRAGEDY
A new film adaptatn of Shakpeare's The Merchant of Venice rais the ntroversial qutn of whether the tle character was gay.
"He's not sayg they're gay or they're straight, he's leavg up to his actors. I didn't want to be a homosexual love bee that's an easy optn.