The Merchant in Venice
The Arts Hour heads off to Venice for a production of The Merchant of Venice taking place in the city鈥檚 Jewish ghetto.
The Arts Hour heads off to Venice for a production of The Merchant of Venice taking place in the city鈥檚 Jewish Ghetto to mark the 500th anniversary of the Ghetto and the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare鈥檚 death. The play is followed by a real life appeal on behalf of Shylock, presided over by the eminent US judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg. What will her verdict be? Will Shylock get his pound of flesh from Antonio after all and will he succeed in overturning the ruling he must convert to Christianity?
As the Rio Olympics begin we hear from the artists who occupied The Ministry of Culture. Ellen DeGeneres talks about playing everyone鈥檚 favourite forgetful fish in the film Finding Dory. We hear from members of The Palestine Youth Orchestra, a family of four siblings who have formed their own quartet and reporter Anna Bailey brings news of the P盲rnu and Tallin music festivals in Estonia.
(Photo: Andrea Brugera as Shylock #4 漏Andrea Messana)
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The Arts Hour in Venice
We head to Venice to report on a special production of The Merchant of Venice
Duration: 22:58
Rio Cultural Olympiad
Kirsty Lang reports from Rio on events planned for the Cultural Olympiad
Duration: 07:50
Palestine Youth Orchestra
Members of the Palestinian Youth Orchestra are in the UK for a tour
Duration: 05:28
Ellen DeGeneres
American comedian Ellen DeGeneres talks about Finding Dory
Duration: 06:15
P盲rnu Music Festival
Anna Bailey reports from the music festival in Estonia
Duration: 06:55
Finding Dory
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Finding Dory is in cinemas, certificate U.
Image credit: Walt Disney Pictures
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