John Douglas Thompson on playing Shylock at the Lyceum 'post Trump these themes have become even more urgent'

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As he prepares to play the starring role in a US production of The Merchant of Venice in Edinburgh, John Douglas Thompson tells Joyce McMillan that the play’s themes of othering and hatred seem more relevant than ever following he re-election of Donald Trump

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