Jules Tasca
A new take on characters from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Shylock's 16 year old daughter has fallen in love with a Catholic boy. She's even willing to convert. The two find a priest who, while at first unwilling to marry them, is swayed by the offer of gold that the girl can steal from her father.
Published in the collection, Shylock's Daughter and Other Small Chips from Great Gems of Shakespeare.
Through I.U.P., Jules Tasca has taught playwrighting at Oxford University in England and he has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in Central Italy. He is the author of over 125 (full-length and one-act) published plays that have been produced in numerous national thea ...
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