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entertaining and challenging drama

   

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What if Portia never came to Venice?

What if you could see into Bassanio’s heart?

Whence came Antonio’s hatred of Shylock?

2026 Development

brochure (pdf)

A Pound of Flesh - if Portia never came to Venice

“A new path taken, tragedy appears.

Plot borrowed from another play in steals
and with sad death marks consequence of greed.“

 

“5 stars” –  North West End 

“4 stars”  – edfringereview.com and Broadway Baby

“daring work, chilling, touching” – fringereview.co.uk

“a five star show” – one of many audience comments

 

After a successful run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, playwright/director Martin Foreman and Arbery Theatre are looking for (a) collaborator(s) to bring this exciting reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic drama to a wider audience. 

Full details of this five-actor, one-act play are available on demand. A longer version with a cast of 10-12 actors is under development. View / download the brochure and for more information contact us below.