Facing the serious existential question of whether it was still plausible to present the centuries-old Shakespearean stereotype of Shylock on world stages in the immediate aftermath of the 1973 war, Arnold Wesker restored to writing his version of the story of the contract between the Christian Antonio and the Jew Shylock.Thus, Wesker's The Merchant is not merely a destereotyping of the Elizabetha...