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Although William Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice in the late 1500s, experts still debate whether the play, about a merchant named Antonio who defaults on a loan he takes out on behalf of his friend Bassanio through Jewish moneylender Shylock, is replete with antisemitic tropes or simply explores the very concept of antisemitism through … ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star T.R. Knight to star in Off-Broadway production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’