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Shakespeare's Globe

The Merchant of Venice

August 4 - 14, 2016

at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

A World's Stage Production from the UK
written by William Shakespeare
directed by Jonathan Munby
starring Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

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Mr. Pryce’s previous work with Shakespeare’s Globe includes The Merchant of Venice. Other theater credits include: King Lear (Almeida); The Caretaker (Liverpool Everyman/Theatre Royal Bath/ Trafalgar Studios/World Tour); Dimetos (Donmar); Glengarry Glen Ross (Apollo); The Goat or Who is Sylvia (Almeida/Apollo); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Broadway); My Fair Lady (National Theatre/Drury Lane); Oliver! (Palladium); Miss Saigon (Drury Lane–Tony, Drama Desk, Olivier and Outer Circle Critics’ Awards for Best Actor in a Musical); Hamlet (Royal Court–Olivier Award for Best Actor); and Comedians (Old Vic/Broadway–Tony Award for Best Actor). Film credits include: The White King, The Healer, Dough, The Salvation, Listen Up Philip, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Hysteria, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, My Zinc Bed, Leatherheads, The Affair of the Necklace, Pirates of the Caribbean (1, 2 & 3); The Brothers Grimm, Tomorrow Never Dies, Regeneration, Evita, Carrington (Cannes Film Festival and Evening Standard Awards: Best Actor and BAFTA Award Nomination); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Glengarry Glen Ross, Brazil and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Television credits include: Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall, Cranford: Return to Cranford (Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama); Barbarians at the Gate (Emmy and Golden Globe Nominations: Best Actor); Great Moments in Aviation, Selling Hitler and The Man from the Pru. Mr. Pryce trained at RADA.

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