Review: DISTRICT MERCHANTS a Thought-Provoking Retelling of Shakespeare at Folger Theatre DISTRICT MERCHANTS, Aaron Posner's new adaptation of Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, explores the 'other-ness' of being outside the white male stations of power. Setting the work in post-Civil W...

Thinking a lot of #DistrictMerchants, a retelling of the Merchant of Venice set in 1870s DC, particularly the ‘who is they’ speech Shylock gives to the audience. Partly because of Gov Abbots tweets about ‘they’ a mysterious blob that is easy to stroke hatred on

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Excited to hear Aaron Posner @HowardU discuss adapting #merchantofvenice into #c19 DC in #districtmerchants @FolgerLibrary & @SouthCoastRep