In The Merchant of Venice, Portia is subject to the patriarchal influence of her father after his death – she can’t choose her own husband but is reliant on her dead father to choose based on ...

Portia enters with Bassanio and a few others. Before Portia's father passed away, he created a challenge for any potential suitor for Portia's hand in mariage. A suitor must pick one of three ...

You call. They'll answer.

This updated adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’, adapted by Brigid ... And then there is the role of Portia ...

Portia tells Lord Bassanio that she doesn't have a lot to offer, but she would do anything to be the person he wanted her to be. Portia says that he makes her happier than she has ever been before ...

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will ...