A reader"s edition, modernized language ("you" for "thee," etc.) and glossary for unfamiliar words. The Merchant of Venice is one of the most popular of Shakespeare"s plays, introducing for the first time a Jew as a three-dimensional memorable character. Another major element of the plot involves two other major characters in effective transgender mode. MoV is one of seven plays with transgender characters. This slightly revised reading edition includes a glossary, bibliography, and sketches by a very young Orson Welles as he imagines characters, sets, costumes, with a few sketched portraits of some of the famous actors of the past.