Hath not a Jew eyes? | The Merchant of Venice (2022) | Act 3 Scene 1 | Shakespeare's Globe

Adrian Schiller performs Shylock's speech from Act III, scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice.
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...Hath
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.
The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 1

[@speedracer2841]

Marvellous!

[@alan8943]

I always think that this speech should be spoken with hidden rage. The anger within is going to burst at any moment.

[@AndrewUKLondon]

Very true. Though watching this again it's like he's speaking from behind a wall he's put up as a result of prejudice of insults. And as I watched it was like that suffering was starting to emerge from behind that wall. And the final line has the piercing thrust of anger.

[@barak9966]

Best performance I've seen of the monologue. Hidden rage is more powerful and more frightening

[@paulleverton9569]

RIP Adrian Schiller. Gone far too soon at just 60 years old, 'a sudden and unexpected death'. He was one of those actors with a name the public didn't recognise (even if they all recognised his face) - but every actor knew who he was and they all admired him. He was an actors actor, and that's probably the best compliment any actor could receive. I was looking forward to another 15 - 20 years of watching him mature into deeper levels of greatness. Bit of a kick in the balls to learn of his passing.

[@chiarajackson97]

Adrian Schiller was an interesting character in the beautiful series Victoria, and now he's one of the most complex characters created by Shakespeare in one of Shakespeare's greatest masterpieces!

[@byzantineemperor6459]

My favourite quote! Explains many things during the entire human history.

[@ruvindrasathsarani6064]

this is a sentence I often use when I teach Shakespeare every semester. It's almost like Shakes predicted the fate of the entire human race

[@debasmitamishra1863]

Expressions, emotions sharp on point.

[@HamnimationStudios]

This is the best Shylock seen so far!

[@FergusFromwalking]

1:51 The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

[@generalesdeath5836]

My favorite play.

[@EyeLean5280]

Very nice!

[@TW-mc9wk]

Powerful stuff

[@romaparshan5346]

Lovely

[@samosullivan1744]

Best rendition of this iconic speech. EVER!

[@stuartclarke8044]

I think you should search out Al Pacinos same speech to compare. This, to me, comes across as apologetic.

[@samosullivan1744]

@@stuartclarke8044 Al Pacino was amazing, but to me he went a bit too hard on the fury. Schiller really lets the verse sing as well as conveying his own emotion.

[@braddonovan1786]

Pacino was better

[@Jack44M]

@@samosullivan1744 Pacino (Shylock) had every reason to be hard on the fury. Pacino's performance was epic. What caught me by surprise was Lynn Collins' performance as Portia. She was brilliant

[@ianmason2964]

I never really liked this play until I saw this version. It was amazing and the venue was stunning

[@Zingoo_]

its so cold, you can't see the pain. That's maybe something is hard to grasp.

[@olatejuonasanya249]

The best rendition of this beautiful speech was done by Al pacino the legend ,he captured the emotion and made it real this rendition did not bring to life the spirit and intent even though I know they feel they should change the aggression but they are wrong long live Al pacino the best shylock of all time

[@YeomanLocksly]

I wonder how many ppl play Shylock without knowing it's loosly based on a real person. St. Anthony of Padova encountered a skeptical Jew named Guillard. It was actually Antonio who said "usurers are like thorns who prick us to bleed." Perhaps Shakespeare gives this line to the Jewish character to remind us of Christ the Jewish Carpenter who shed his blood. Most actors do (or should) make a gesture to prick their hand when saying that line.

[@midnightwind8067]

This is very good. Most I have seen are too heavy on some accent and over flowering of Shakespeare. And barked out so fast that it is impossible to follow. But this suffers from none of that. Thank you.

[@wafan13]

Why not start from the beginning?

[@enochporch]

by what rationale of cinema is this shot handheld

[@Felix-ld3hn]

the camera is way too shaky

[@herminiasumanghid3317]

...Eyes. ,jew hands organs dimensions, senses, affections, passions,..feed with the same food, hurt with the same weapon. Subject with the same diseases. Heal with the same means. Warm and cooled by the same summer and winter as a christian is! If you prick us do we not bled. If you tickle us do we not like. And if you wrong us shall we not revenge.

[@herminiasumanghid3317]

Al pacino delivers it well

[@SabioTalmudico]

Hath not a jew eyes? 🌹🌺🌻

[@herminiasumanghid3317]

Yup why revenge?

[@odd0odium]

where is the anger?

[@vegadog3053]

Look for it as resentment.

[@electricman68]

Bubbling underneath

[@kipo1456]

Globe Player is pretty much the only woke thing that I like, outside the occasional art movie. Nice work.

[@Uhhbyeee]

Do you even know what woke means?

[@JazzyGinger1]

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[@NM-qc2dh]

Shame it is not the original language for this is no better.

[@alexmontenegro9991]

I really don’t like this rendition. Shylock was super pissed and filled with a righteous fury when he said those words. This comes off as sort of sad and reluctant. I don’t think it fits the character at all and is, imho, played too dramatically for no reason.

[@nazmulgani3776]

Frankly speaking...........I am not at all impressed. This actor has failed to express the complex Web of feelings and emotions, the deep philosophy and edge sharp rationality.........the anger, the grudge, the sorrow and the agony, an appeal to humanity, the insult and the hatred, the injustice and the discrimination, the deprivation and the alienation..........the prejudice and sound reasoning...................Shylock is a complex character, a villainous as well as a heroic character; a comic as well as a tragic character. There lies Shakespeare's OBJECTIVITY n GREATNESS......He is a TORMENTOR as well as a victim of torment.........

[@QuantumChance]

It's hard to top Pacino's reading isn't it

[@JazzyGinger1]

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[@pvonberg]

Absolutely wrong way of doing this speech. This is the old cliche way of doing it, making Shylock a sweet old man. Wrong ! As well as boring.

[@drymant]

Wow, William Shakespeare is alive and well and has changed his name to Peter Von Berg. Thank you for oficially letting us know this is the wrong way of interpreting this speech. Actors and scholars have been struggling for centuries with how it should be done and how it should not be done. Make a note of it, folks, the author himself has finally given us some insight! Thank you, Peter. Or should I say, Will!! 😉

[@agenttheater5]

I heard quiet anger in this performance. And a lot of hurt. Lot of sadness. A 'what right do you have to treat me like you've treated me?'

[@ianmason2964]

You needed to see the whole performance, if you did and you feel the same way then, ok that’s your opinion. We all can have that

[@pvonberg]

@@ianmason2964 I respectfully disagree. A Shakespeare monologue, and performance thereof, should and can stand on its own. It is very possible to say - I didn't like his Hamlet, but he really delivered "To be or not to be " well. The opposite is also true - His "blow winds" was poor, but he was much better in other spots and I liked his Lear. Now this actor in Merchant might have been very good in the role, but I didn't care for this particular monologue, that's all I'm saying.

[@drymant]

@@pvonberg Absolutely. But respectfully, that is not what you said. You did not say "I didn't care for this particular monologue". You said it was flat out the "absolutely wrong way of doing this speech". Now personally, although the performance itself was perfectly fine, I did not care a great deal for this particular monologue either but I would never be so arrogant to declare it as "Wrong!" You and I, sir, are far from the ultimate authorities on the interpretation of Shakespeare. Just because you didn't care for it, certainly does not mean it is incorrect. The greatest thing about Shakespeare is that - as long as it holds true to the text and the story, and isn't completely off the wall ridiculous - there is no wrong way to interpret this play. This is why professional shows like this sell out every time and are being performed and vigorously discussed over 400 years later. Open your mind a little.