The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary by Glenda Leeming.

Arnold Wesker is one of Britain's seminal post-war playwrights. His varied writings include essays, short stories, poetry, journalism and 49 plays, which have been translated into 18 languages. His other plays include The Kitchen, Roots, Chips with Everything and Shylock.