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1hr 40min.
October 16th, 2025
December 7th, 2025
By: Mark Leiren-Young
Director: Martin Kinch
Cast list: Saul Rubinek
Sets: Shawn Kerwin
Costumes: Shawn Kerwin
Sound: Olivia Wheeler
Playing Shylock runs for 1hr 40min.
Playing Shylock is at Brooklyn's Polonsky Shakespeare Center, which is located at 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, 11217.
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