MERCHANT OF VENICE ACT IV | Drama Series | Episode 1 | HODUBROS

The trial scene from the 'The Merchant of Venice' by SGC students starring Areeb Anwar as Shylock, Afreen Anwar as Portia, Nikhil T.Vinod as Antonio,Abdul as Duke,Raj Kamal as Bassanio,Ajith Paul as Salerio,Mahaveer Sharma as Gratiano,Sowmya as Nerissa, Saurav and bharat.

Summary

In Venice, the Court convenes for Antonio's trial.Duke is upset about the penalty, a pound of Antonio's flesh, but cannot find any lawful way of freeing Antonio from his bond.Antonio will respond to Shylock's rage "with a quietness of spirit" (IV.i.11).Shylock enters the court and the Duke tells him that all of the men gathered there expect him to pardon Antonio and forgive the debt.

Bassanio, who has arrived from Belmont, attempts to argue with Shylock. He even offers Shylock six thousand ducats, twice the amount of the original loan, but Shylock turns down the offer, saying he would not forfeit his bond for six times that sum. . Shylock tells him that even if there were six times as much money offered to him, he would not take it.

The duke says that he has sent messages to the learned lawyer, Doctor Bellario, asking him to come and decide on the matter. News comes that a messenger has arrived from Bellario, and Salarino runs off to fetch him. Nerissa enters, disguised as a lawyer's clerk, and gives the duke a letter from Bellario.Shylock whets his knife, anticipating a judgment in his favor, and Gratiano accuses him of having the soul of a wolf. Shylock ignores these slurs and states resolutely, "I stand here for law" (IV.i.141).he duke alludes to the fact that Bellario's letter mentions a learned young lawyer named Balthasar, and orders the disguised Nerissa to admit the young man to the court. The duke then reads the letter in its entirety. In it, Bellario writes that he is ill and cannot come to court, but that he has sent the learned young Balthasar to judge in his place.