3: Video, Ashley Thomas performs Shylock in Act 3, Scene 1, of "The Merchant of Venice," 2011.

3: Video, Ashley Thomas performs Shylock in Act 3, Scene 1, of "The Merchant of Venice," 2011.

In a video produced by the BBC to promote a Shakespeare recitation contest, actor Ashley Thomas performs one of Shylock’s monologues.

Suggested Activity: Following the activity above, show students this video of Ashley Thomas’s interpretation of the role. Ask them to consider which of Stewart’s dramatic approaches Thomas’s resembles most, and ask them how changing the visual appearance of Shylock’s character—in this case, to a black man in a wheelchair—changes the impact of Shylock's words.

Source: BBC, “Shakespeare, ‘The Merchant of Venice’, Act 3 Scene 1, Shylock: ‘To bait fish withal’ – BBC,” May 17 2017, video, 2:04, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC8KMnC3O_4.