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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
The Merchant of Venice: Nerissa 1971–79 1996: The Liver Birds: Sandra Hutchinson 1982: Third Time Lucky: Beth Jenkins 1989: A Night of Comic Relief 2: Herself Drama.
Nerissa may refer to: Nerissa (given name), a feminine given name; Nerissa, a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice; Mira, a wasp genus in the subfamily Encyrtinae; Cepora nerissa, the common gull, a butterfly in the family Pieridae; HMS Nerissa (disambiguation) SS Nerissa, a number of ships of this name
Opposing this view is Robert Hapgood in "Portia and The Merchant of Venice: The Gentle Bond" (1967) and Corinne S. Abate in "Nerissa Teaches Me What to Believe: Portia's Wifely Empowerment in The Merchant of Venice" (2002). [6] Despite her lack of formal legal training, Portia wins her case by referring to the exact language of the law.
In the second cycle her roles included Nerissa in The Merchant Of Venice and starring as Dorcas Ableman in Golden Girls, which became a breakthrough role for her. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The Financial Times reviewer Michael Coveney wrote of the latter role that "The immense power and beauty of this actress is at last given proper opportunity by the RSC."
Nerissa, in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice Nerissa ( W.I.T.C.H. ) , an antagonist in the comic book and TV series W.I.T.C.H. Queen Narissa, the arch-villain from the 2007 Disney film Enchanted
In 1905, she played Nerissa to Violet Vanbrugh's Portia in The Merchant of Venice. [4] She also appeared in English translations of light French comedies. [5] [6] In 1908, she appeared with Weedon Grossmith and A.E. Matthews in Frederick Lonsdale's farce The Early Worm. [7] Muriel Beaumont in March 1916
Nerissa is Portia's maid in The Merchant of Venice. She marries Gratiano. She disguises herself as a page when Portia disguises herself as a lawyer. Nestor is an elderly Greek leader in Troilus and Cressida. Nicholas/Nick: Nicholas is a servant of Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Nick (fict) is a follower of Jack Cade in Henry VI, Part 2.