With a foreword by Lev Rosen, author of the Evander Mills series and You've Goth My Heart.
‘All that glisters is not gold.’
Rediscover Shakespeare’s tale of bitterness and retribution.
Bitterness begets blood.
Bassiano is in love with the gorgeous heiress Portia! Alas, he’s too poor to pass the suitors’ test set by her father. Fortunately, Bassiano’s best friend, Antonio, steps up and borrows the money on his behalf. Unfortunately, Antonio can’t pay it back. The fee? A pound of flesh.
As the pressure reaches boiling point, Antonio needs to find one hell of a lawyer …
The Merchant of Venice is Shakespeare’s iconic tale of greed and justice.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare’s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia Hibbert Hamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Macbeth – With a foreword by Kat Delacorte A Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky Albertalli Much Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly Bourne Romeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven Julius Caesar – With a foreword by Simon James Green King Lear – With a foreword by Manjeet Mann The Merchant of Venice – With a foreword by Lev Rosen Othello – With a foreword by Malorie Blackman The Tempest – With a foreword by Katherine Webber Twelfth Night – With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald
