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Shylock (Fictitious character)

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Personal name headingShylock (Fictitious character)
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Variant(s)Шейлок (Fictitious character)
Sheĭlok (Fictitious character)
Associated countryVenice (Republic : To 1797)
Field of activityUsury Loans
Profession or occupationMoneylenders
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inJacobson, Howard. Shylock is my name, 2016.
Merriam-Webster dictionary online, May 4, 2016 (Shylock: the Jewish usurer and antagonist of Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice)
Britannica online, May 4, 2016: Shylock (fictional character; the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice)
Wikipedia, May 4, 2016: Shylock (Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal antagonist. His defeat and conversion to Christianity forms the climax of the story; Arnold Wesker's play The Merchant (1977) dramatizes the same plot from Shylock's point of view; The monologue Shylock (1996) by Canadian playwright Mark Leiren-Young, focuses on a Jewish actor named Jon Davies, who is featured as Shylock in a production of The Merchant of Venice; Patrick Stewart developed a one-man show Shylock: Shakespeare's Alien and produced it while acting in the role in 1987 and 2001) Bulgarian version of page (Шейлок = Sheĭlok) Russian version (Шейлок = Sheĭlok)
Invalid LCCNsh 90004752