St Catherine's Priory in Lydiate plays host to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
TALES of the Bard were brought to life in a sold-out production of The Merchant of Venice.
Dean Taylor Productions staged its outdoor version of the Shakespeare classic – which coined the phrase “all that glitters is not gold” – at St Catherine’s Priory, in Lydiate, near Maghull.
It was the sixth time the company performed at the picturesque Priory, and Dean Taylor, who runs the company, said it always enjoyed a good reception. He also said, despite Shakespeare’s prose being more than 400 years old – The Merchant of Venice was written between 1596 and 159 – it still has an enduring appeal.
He said: “He uses timeless themes about the human condition, which never changes.
“If you went back 200 years, the problems and anxieties would be the same.”
The Preston-based production company tours with different plays, but Mr Taylor said it enjoyed bringing Shakespeare outdoors to ordinary people – the audience Shakespeare was aiming for.
