The Merchant of Venice: Staged: the origins of YA’s greatest tropes

With a foreword by Lev Rosen, author of the Evander Mills series and You've Goth My Heart. ‘All that glisters is not gold.’Rediscover Shakespeare’s tale of bitterness and retribution. Bitterness begets blood. Bassiano is in love with the gorgeous heiress Portia! Alas, he’s too poor to pass the suitors’ test set by her father. Fortunately, Bassiano’s best friend, Antonio, steps up and borrows the money on his behalf. Unfortunately, Antonio can’t pay it back. The fee? A pound of flesh. As the pressure reaches boiling point, Antonio needs to find one hell of a lawyer …The Merchant of Venice is Shakespeare’s iconic tale of greed and justice. Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare’s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day. Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia HibbertHamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéMacbeth – With a foreword by Kat DelacorteA Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky AlbertalliMuch Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly BourneRomeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer NivenJulius Caesar – With a foreword by Simon James GreenKing Lear – With a foreword by Manjeet MannThe Merchant of Venice – With a foreword by Lev RosenOthello – With a foreword by Malorie BlackmanThe Tempest – With a foreword by Katherine WebberTwelfth Night – With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald

• Publication date: 3 September 2026
• Page count: 224
• Dimensions: Height 197 mm; Width 130 mm; Thickness 16 mm
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN-13: 9780241816981