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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Presents
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare with additional text by Hillal the Elder
Tue 15 – Fri 18 July 2025
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Directed by Marc Silberschatz
Venice. A place where the intrepid and industrious can make a fortune and change their lives. It’s all just a deal away. The world is sitting right there, waiting to be taken.
You’ve never had it so good.
Society’s great. Definitely great. No question. It’s fine. It’s fine.
And if identity, love and human connection dissolve into commodities of laissez-faire exchange, well that’s just part of the contract.
Who needs empathy anyway when we have economics?