Charles Macklin as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, 1741

Mr Macklin in the character of Shylock in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Drury Lane, Feb 14, 1741. In long dark coat with knife and scales in his hands. Macklin played the role as natural, menacing, instead of comically. Charles Macklin, Irish actor and dramatist, 1699-1797. Copperplate engraving by Charles Grignion after a portrait by Thomas Parkinson from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, Nov. 20, 1775

1741 1775 Anti-semitic Anti-semitism Charles Grignion Drury Lane Edition Of Shakespeare John Bell Menacing Scales Shylock Thespian Thomas Parkinson William Shakespeare

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