The Maori Merchant of Venice [SEP] country of origin
The Maori Merchant of Venice
The Maori Merchant of Venice () is a 2002 New Zealand drama film in the Māori language (with English subtitles), directed by Don Selwyn.
Production.
The play "The Merchant of Venice" was translated into Māori in 1945 by Pei Te Hurinui Jones, and his translation is used for the film. It is the first Māori-language film adaptation of any of William Shakespeare's plays. The film was shot in Auckland, but "recreate[d] 16th century Venice,
- Set around 1930, Henry Goodman played Shylock.
- 2002 – "The Maori Merchant of Venice", directed by Don Selwyn.
- In Maori, with English subtitles. This film was based on a 1945 translation of the play to Maori by Pei Te Hurinui Jones.
- 2003 – In "Shakespeare's Merchant", a film directed by Paul Wagar, Antonio and Bassanio has a homosexual relationship.
- 2004 – "The Merchant of Venice", directed by Michael Radford and produced by