{"id":9288,"date":"2025-11-10T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:49:59","slug":"drew-lichtenberg-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9288","title":{"rendered":"Saul Rubinek"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2172\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9288-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/SaulRubinek.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/SaulRubinek.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/SaulRubinek.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p 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rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=488%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6891 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=50%2C70&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>The Merchant of Venice; Act 3, Scene 1<br> <strong>Shylock<\/strong><br>November 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:57.30186%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/L4U2cD_X_400x400.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=400&#038;ssl=1 400w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"9282\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=9282\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/L4U2cD_X_400x400.jpg\" data-width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/L4U2cD_X_400x400.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" 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1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Playing-Shylock-Production-Photo-2.-Photo-by-Dahlia-Katz-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1365\" data-id=\"9283\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=9283\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Playing-Shylock-Production-Photo-2.-Photo-by-Dahlia-Katz-1024x683.jpg\" data-width=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Playing-Shylock-Production-Photo-2.-Photo-by-Dahlia-Katz-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.\u201d Actor and storyteller\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saul Rubinek<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0takes us inside his one-man show <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playingshylock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Playing Shylock<\/a><\/span>, now on stage at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in New York City. Rubinek explores Shylock\u2019s confounding genesis and reveals why one of Shakespeare\u2019s so-called \u201cminor\u201d roles continues to be one of the most groundbreaking, misunderstood and controversial characters in theater history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Folio Version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Modern Version of the Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/playingshylock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">more information about Playing Shylock<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for Saul&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Telling-somewhat-true-story-ebook\/dp\/B0FXVWX3BV\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12EGXYPGEOCSV&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BPRpmlFhYAfhg9xFCKeAgOh7PGKXCV857fjSZUXYr7zEoA8H65w2ID5ZAjYhqWVwPOqJjt1cqxCOe2IgSRA_UemKJOtgIFWDapUnh088FGSEiBBZjudHV4b8zHPG-Hsjikqc6lb6jrw-20jnkyhjLdIC2skj9nhwY6w_j_zCsVf_Bt-t8FTG-HIUGJ8gaCBKLMcjnCecUY-qw82QvgXs5JlIdcHZ91T7jnBCrE_Y8eo.8q7al789casMs591X7kozGKN8Qp_5QO4lUuJXr-_4u4&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=all+in+the+telling&amp;qid=1762722051&amp;sprefix=all+in+the+telling%2Caps%2C133&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">All in the Telling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transcript of &#8220;The Stranger&#8217;s Case&#8221; by Thomas More<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/SaulRubinek.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS The Merchant of Venice; Act 3, Scene 1 ShylockNovember 10, 2025 The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.\u201d Actor and storyteller\u00a0Saul Rubinek\u00a0takes us<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9288' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,5,254],"tags":[20,218,217,22,1064,1063,14,195,24,192,66,71],"class_list":["post-9288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-interviews","category-podcasts","tag-actor","tag-gerritt-vandermeer","tag-jim-elliott","tag-playing-shakespeare","tag-playing-shylock","tag-saul-rubinek","tag-shakespeare","tag-shylock","tag-speaking-verse","tag-the-merchant-of-venice","tag-the-state-of-shakespeare","tag-theater","category-10-id","category-5-id","category-254-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Merchant of Venice; Act 3, Scene 1 ShylockNovember 10, 2025 The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.\u201d Actor and storyteller Saul Rubinek takes us inside his one-man show Playing Shylock, now on stage at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in New York City. 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