Masterpiece Theatre
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- Shylock: the Jewish Money-Lender in The Merchant of VeniceA look at the controvery about Shylock as being anti-Semitic and the realities of how he fits into the overall play, "The Merchant of Venice" with critics making more oput of a relatively minor character than Shakespeare might have wanted
- The Victorian Era: Not the Conservative Period You Think it WasThe general view of the Victorian Era in England is one of boring conservatism. Nothing could be further from the truth.