The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene III, by Konstantinos Kavakiotis

THE OTHER SOLOS are a series of Shakespeare monologues that deal with issues of identity, migration, power and exile, performed by actors whose mother tongue is not English. This project was developed in response to recent world events and the increasing sentiment against migration in the media and Western society.
The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene III, Shylock
Shylock, a Jewish merchant, explains to one of his clients why racism is not good for business.
Konstantinos Kavakiotis (Greece)
Signior Antonio, many a time and oft
In the Rialto you have rated me
About my moneys and my usances:
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,
For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,
And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine,
And all for use of that which is mine own.
Well then, it now appears you need my help:
Go to, then; you come to me, and you say
'Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so;
You, that did void your rheum upon my beard
And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
Over your threshold: moneys is your suit
What should I say to you? Should I not say
'Hath a dog money? is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?' Or
Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this;
'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;
You spurn'd me such a day; another time
You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies
I'll lend you thus much moneys'?
The Team
Paula Rodriguez, Producer and Director
Dominik Webb, Filmmaker
Patricia Rodriguez, Producer
Ben Naylor, Text coach
Carmen Marrero, Music
The Cast
Lise Aagaard
Liraz Chamami
Hervé Goffings
Paul Mauch
Konstantinos Kavakiotis
Paula Rodríguez

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