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John Douglas Thompson’s Shylock, by contrast, seems like a genuinely nice guy: proud but humble, business-minded but reasonable, wary but forgiving. When he offers to loan the money for Bassanio ...

During his 20s, John Douglas Thompson made his living as a travelling salesman. He had studied marketing and business at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, and spent his days hawking computer ...

When the actor John Douglas Thompson was a young lad growing up in Canada, and then in upstate New York, the idea of a career in theatre simply never crossed his mind. “I never or hardly ever ...

John Douglas Thompson's body of work is the epitome of our Matador Award for Achievement in Classical Acting. He has played all the major roles in Shakespeare, and other classic roles from Beckett ...

- The Fossils at the Castle Arms, Castletown, 8:30pm. - Albertoke with Ray Sloane at The Albert, Douglas. - Jamie’s Cheesey ...

When the actor John Douglas Thompson was a young lad growing up in Canada, and then in upstate New York, the idea of a career in theatre simply never crossed his mind. “I never or hardly ever ...

THE Kinahan cartel used ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson’s son to smuggle €5,000 through a Spanish airport when he was just nine, The ...

starring British-American actor John Douglas Thompson as Shylock. True to Shakespeare’s text but full of 21st century awareness, Arbus’s acclaimed production exposes the themes of antisemitism ...

Theatre For A New Audience is an American group based in New York City, and their 2022 production of The Merchant of Venice, which here marks the company’s Edinburgh debut, bristles with new word ...