The Merchant of Venice

The Summer Theatre Company present Shakespeare's Comedy The Merchant of Venice as the annual Ellen Terry Memorial Production in the Barn Theatre at Smallhythe. In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead. A courtroom drama, a story of love, hate and betrayal, choice and rejection, comedy and tragedy -  it's all there told in Shakespeare's glorious poetry and prose.