Explore the web links below to find out more about The Merchant of Venice and other Shakespeare plays
RSC related websites
The RSC's archive is held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. You can visit the Library and Archives there to look at production related information, including photos, videos of shows and stage management documents:
Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive homepage
You can search the RSC catalogue here:
RSC performance database
For further reading lists, synopses and more information about each of the plays, visit the RSC Shakespeare editions website:
RSC Shakespeare website
Discover how Patsy Ferran, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, 2015, found her pathway to Shakespeare:
Patsy Ferran
Other websites
The BBC's series on Shakespeare in collaboration with the RSC:
Shakespeare Unlocked
The Bodleian's Library have digitised their edition of Shakespeare's First Folio so you can see the play in the 1623 form:
Bodleian Library's digitised first folio
Explore the leading American Shakespeare Library, their digital image collection and their digital text project:
The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger's Digital Image Collection
Folger Digital Texts
You can search the whole of Shakespeare's plays for quotes or specific words on Rhymezone:
Search Shakespeare's plays
For more advanced searching of Shakespeare's plays, look at Open Source Shakespeare:
Open Source Shakespeare
For a humorous summary of The Merchant of Venice and other plays, try Good Tickle-Brain:
Good Tickle-Brain