There is no "audience" in the play Merchant of Venice, unlike Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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.
the line is from a play called the merchant of Venice
You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
It is from Merchant of Venice.
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.
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.
the line is from a play called the merchant of Venice
You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
It is from Merchant of Venice.
The Merchant of Venice was written by William Shakespeare. It is considered a comedy. The main character is Antonio, the merchant.
It's a play by Shakespeare.
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.
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.
There is no masked ball in the Merchant of Venice. Sorry. Not in Shakespeare's play, anyway.
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.
Venice. That's why the play's called The Merchant of Venice.