19:30, Sun 9th January 2028 at Globe Theatre, London
20:00, Mon 10th January 2028 at Royal Court Theatre
20:00, Thu 13th January 2028 at Royal Opera House, London
20:00, Sat 15th January 2028 at Almeida Theatre
19:15, Sun 16th January 2028 at Globe Theatre, London
22:00, Mon 17th January 2028 at Random Venue 32
20:00, Thu 20th January 2028 at Adelphi Theatre
19:30, Sat 22nd January 2028 at Barbican Centre
19:15, Tue 25th January 2028 at Barbican Centre
Christmas Vacation to Lent Week 1

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....