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Jonathan Pryce: The Merchant of Venice is β€˜very relevant’ today

Jonathan Pryce is currently appearing on stage at the Globe Theatre as Shakespeare's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice – a play about European anti-Semitism.

He describes the play as "about fear of the alien, the immigrant” and said it was β€œvery, very relevant” because of what is happening politically and socially in the world today.

β€œI’ve never liked the play, ever,” he admitted to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Andrew Marr, but added, β€œI really like it now”.

Mr Pryce also recently played Cardinal Wolsey in Wolf Hall and was the latest big name to star in Game of Thrones.

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