Year
2017 - 2018
Creatives
Director: Rodney Wierenga
Co-director and Production Leader: Ron Delker
Writer
William Shakespeare
Synopsis
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is often regarded as the most controversial play The Bard has ever written. This is not peculiar: the tale of Italian merchant Antonio who signs a contract with the Jewish Shylock is riddled with antisemitic motives and questions the morality of the law. The Groningen University Theatre Society (GUTS) brings The Merchant of Venice to the Groninger stage in an authentic and completely English rendition.
Cast
Adrian Sidhu: Antonio
Tim Leegte: Bassanio
Aubrey Williams: Shylock
Elizabeth Chandler: Portia
Myca Millmore: Nerissa
Henrieke Krijgsheld: Serafina
Anneke Westra: Salerio
Dorian Smilda: Gratiano
Tim Chandler: Lorenzo
Berber Aardema: Launcelot
Anna Kamminga: Jessica
Maartje Boekestein: Duke of Venice
Jasper van der Aa: Tubal
Samuel Stevens: Prince of Arragon
Marco Carlotti: Prince of Morroco
Crew
Dominique Chopard (Costumes & cast-crew)
Elsemiek Hes (Photos)
Charlotte Korten (PR)
Femke Nagelhout (Make-Up)
Sanne van Opstal (Props)
Melissa Rolink (Make-Up & cast-crew)
Michelle Ruwen (PR & cast-crew)
Nadine Schlichting (Costumes & cast-crew)
Rudy Veiga da Palma (Sets & cast-crew)
Made Verne (Make-Up)
Marjon Vosmeijer (Props)
Erik Woering (Sets & cast-crew)
Performances
February 16th 2018: Vrijdag Theatre
February 17th 2018: Vrijdag Theatre
February 18th 2018: Vrijdag Theatre
Special Thanks
Usva Cultureel Studenten Centrum
NNT
Ommelander Courant
Roege Boys
Backbone050
Trivia
- The Merchant of Venice was chosen as GUTS' golden jubilee play, due to the society existing for 50 years. This is the first time the society played a Shakespeare play.
- As means of PR, the director was able to advertise the play on the local radio, OOG Radio. Irony struck when just before the small bit aired, the last few tickets for the play were bought, and the play was sold out.
- GUTS had done Shakespearean projects before, namely the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) in both 1999 and 2008. Furthermore, GUTS hosted the Shakespeare Festival in 2016, containing some of Shakespeare's plays, but abridged to half an hour long.