“The women in my family were as tough as nails,” says Tracy-Ann Oberman, herself no stranger to tough cookies. She’s a formidable actor on stage and screen. But here she is speaking about ...

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s inspired account of The Merchant of Venice – situating the action, as per its amended title, in 1936, and within the context of British anti-Semitism and fascism in the ...

In The Merchant of Venice 1936, which comes to The Lowry next week, Shakespeare’s harsh plot snaps into place against this backdrop. Shylock, its anti-hero, is a Jewish moneylender who becomes ...