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Show September What befits a Masterpiece... continued Directing "The Merchant of Venice is Trevor Nunn, the man behind several Shakespeare plays, Cats and a staging of the Dickens novel Nicholas Les and Miserables." Nickleby, During the 18 years that Nunn was artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (a post he assumed at the tender age of 28), there were three productions of The Merchant of Venice. I didnt direct any of them, he says. I didnt, because was of the prevailing view that there is something fundamentally problematic and distasteful about the play. Then, about eight or nine years ago, I read an excellent piece by an elder statesman of British theater reviewers, David Nathan, who died just last year. Me wrote that regrettably he had reached the conclusion that The Merchant of Venice' shouldnt continue to be produced; the shadow of the Holocaust is just too great for us to be able to come to terms with whatever Shakespeares intention may have been. The piece had a deep effect on me. It partly resonated with what I was feeling, and yet it was at odds with my view that Shakespeare is the greatest humanist who has ever lived. How could it be that such a humanist could have written an unsavory and possibly racist tract? Nunn says he then reread the play with an eye to casting Goodman, who is Jewish, and with thoughts of Nathans piece. Thats what led me to the decision to present the play as if it concerned events that occurred between the two World Wars," he says. Why? Because it was that very period when thought behavior were becoming current and even - its ghastly to think and it voguish, and the subject of wit and amusement. I wanted to put the play there so it couldnt in any way shrink from the reality of the Holocaust, which was just coming down the pike. Did Nathan see the original stage production? 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Page 1 1 en Septomber 25, 2001 T I I jPrahtor ice) Ehaa Out jftWtd t Beat Times-Independ- TUESDAY PRIME TIME W (Tamm Spirto The pop-sta- 11 30 iBrtt Dom hiMHHuii RUtPltillytiiaiangil icq 0 u KhMM 7 00 2001 6, had been wrong and was glad the play was presented in this production, because what does emerge is a humanist masterpiece in which there are no simple political conclusions, but there is a profound cautionary impact. 1 suppose that was the single most important moment to me in the history cf the production." Under the category of and now for something completely different," airing on Monday, Oct. 15, from 9 to 11 p.m. ET (check local listings) is the latest installment of Masterpiece Theatres American Collection. The Ponder Heart, based on a 6tory by Eudora Welty, stars Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal) as Daniel Ponder, the richest man in Clay County, Miss., who scandalizes his family by giving his fortune away. When he loses his heart to a backwoods woman (Angela Bettis), a romantic intrigue, empty bank accounts and a bizarre murder trial ensue. Directing this eccentric comic tale is Martha Coolidge (Rambling Rose); also starring are JoBeth Williams, Brent Spiner, Victor Slezak and Lenny Von Dohlen. Coolidge much admired Welty, who died at the age of 92 on July 23, 2001. Unfortunately, Weltys condition prevented her from working with Coolidge, who shot The Ponder Heart in various towns in Mississippi. No, says the director, she was bedridden and not allowed to have visitors, but I read as much as I could about her, and I talked to as many people as I could. When youre working with an author you admire, you try to do as much as you can to honor her work. But that doesnt mean Welty wasnt aware of the production. She saw and approved the script," says Coolidge, and Im sure she saw the final film. She also signed a copy of the book fot every single member of the crew. TVBites ... The first season of the successful Showtime series The Chris Isaak Show" will begin rerunning on VH1 (a corporate sibling of Showtime, through Viacom) starting in November. The series revolves around the fictionalized r hero and his band. Season two of The Chris Isaak Show escapades of its on Showtime. in begins January September 23, 2001 8 30 ITyiiMowto Q wt m ti toll ! 00 20-2- jOwty Show WCvuto jAndy Inacmnm " k! to I Order i Abmw Bart f6 IS tha Law996 to Brtrnw iSmwor Saag 'D5M9i tametiVice 'tawmtGnre (torane' jBano ot Birthan 'x jCirt ft Tdmwro: jBowr Highfidaltiy Tha fading tard 2T' AarA.ja iSoW Food x i Whm Pataca (Bom ey Sow Sryar too m Sirth S arm Road tooww77 GtodrtoT Bom BytS'S wft Owrro' 9 5 Enos rtom JW Coop (Born (Bovy - Vi |