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It's a play by Shakespeare.

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What links are there between the Shakespeare novel The Merchant of Venice and Christina Rossetti's Cousin Kate?

There is no such thing as a Shakespeare novel of any name. The Merchant of Venice is a play. The link between Rossetti's Cousin Kate and Shakespeare's novel is that neither book exists. Cousin Kate is actually a novel, unlike The Merchant of Venice, but it was written by Georgette Heyer.


Who is duke of Venice in the merchant of the Venice?

Who knows? The Duke of Venice is not a character in the play The Merchant of Venice. In Othello, yes. But not in the Merchant of Venice.


What play had the phrase A blinking idiot in it?

the line is from a play called the merchant of Venice


Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?

You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.


What play does all that glitters is not gold from?

It is from Merchant of Venice.


What was the audience reaction in the merchant of Venice play?

There is no "audience" in the play Merchant of Venice, unlike Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream.


What type of play is The Merchant of Venice?

The Merchant of Venice was written by William Shakespeare. It is considered a comedy. The main character is Antonio, the merchant.


What Shakespeare play does 'it is a wise father that knows his own child' come from?

Launcelot Gobbo (a clown, first Shylock's servant and then Bassanio's) says this to Gobbo, his father in The Merchant of Venice (act 2 Scene 2). He has just encountered his father, who does not recognize him.


Why was William Shakespeare's play the Jew of Venice renamed The Merchant of Venice please give source?

Shakespeare's play was never called The Jew of Venice. It was always The Merchant of Venice. You may have been thinking of Christopher Marlowe's play, The Jew of Malta.


Where does bassanio host his mask ball and who attends it in The Merchant of Venice?

There is no masked ball in the Merchant of Venice. Sorry. Not in Shakespeare's play, anyway.


What play does ' a blinking idiot' come from?

The Merchant of Venice


Is Macbeth in the merchant of Venice?

No, actually Macbeth is in the play called "Macbeth." The Merchant of Venice is a different play, with entirely different characters, but both are in the category of Shakespearean plays.