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Howard Jacobson with Richard E. Grant
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Howard Jacobson joins Richard E. Grant in the Penguin studio to talk about his new novel Shylock Is My Name, a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. A self-proclaimed reverer of Shakespeare, Howard explains how he rose to the challenge of adapting one of the bard’s more controversial plays, and questions how much has really changed for Jews since Shakespeare first created the part of Shylock. Howard’s objects include a table tennis bat and a photograph of his grandmother, and he talks about his inspirational primary school teacher. #PenguinPodcast
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Released:
Feb 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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