THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks ð S P E C I A L O F F E R ð âš try Audiobooks .com ð§ for FREE! : affiliates.audiobooks.com/tracking/scripts/click.php?a_aid=5b8c26085f4b8 âš S H O P great books & gifts: www.amazon.com/shop/GreatestAudioBooks The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia's speech about "the quality of mercy". The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and most famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The most excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreme cruelty of Shylock the Jew towards the Merchant.... (Summary adapted from wikipedia.org - attribution: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Merchant_of_Venice&action=history ) âšF A C E B O O K: www.Facebook.com/GreatestAudioBooks âšT W I T T E R : www.twitter.com/GAudioBooks âš S U B S C R I B E to Greatest Audio Books: www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks ð F R E E 30 day Audible Audiobooks Trial: amzn.to/2Iu08SE ð B U Y T-SHIRTS & MORE: bit.ly/1akteBP - READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! Chapter listing and length: 0 - Dramatis Personae -- 00:02:27 1 - Act 1 -- 00:25:40 2 - Act 2 -- 00:38:35 3 - Act 3 -- 00:36:50 4 - Act 4 -- 00:26:29 5 - Act 5 -- 00:16:15 Cast: Duke of Venice: Filippo Gioachin Prince of Morocco: Mark F. Smith Prince of Arragon: David Nicol Antonio: David O'Connell Bassanio: mb Salarino: Laurie Anne Walden Salanio: Rosalind Wills Gratiano: David Leeson Lorenzo: Aaron Elliott Shylock: etk Tubal: Carolyn Frances Launcelot Gobbo: L. Lambert Lawson Old Gobbo: David Lawrence Leonardo: Laurie Anne Walden Balthasar: David Lawrence Stephano: Lucy Perry Portia: Arielle Lipshaw Nerissa: Megan Kunkel Jessica: Elizabeth Klett Clerk in court: Ernst Pattynama Portia's servant: Joshua B. Christensen Narrator: Dennis Sayers Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett #audiobook #audiobooks #freeaudiobooks #greatestaudiobooks #book #books #audiobook #audiobooks #freeaudiobooks #greatestaudiobooks Total running time: 2:26:16 Read by In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by: Dedicated Proof-Listener: lomond Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Kristin Hughes, Elizabeth Klett This video: Copyright 2018. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved. Audio content is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org. Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate and an affiliate with other select companies we earn from qualifying purchases. Your purchases through affiliate links help to generate revenue for this channel. Thank you for your support.