3.16 The Merchant of Venice (1596) in Full

Film Adaptation

The 2004 adaptation follows the text very closely, only missing occasional lines. The director, Michael Radford, believed that Shylock was Shakespeare's first tragic hero, who reaches a catastrophe due to his own flaws:  Thus the film does not show Shylock purely as a villain, but partly also as a victim. It begins with text and a montage of how the Jewish community is abused by the Christian population of Venice. One of the last shots of the film also brings attention to the fact that, as a convert, Shylock would have been cast out of the Jewish community in Venice, no longer allowed to live in the ghetto.

Reference:  The Merchant of Venice (2004 film).

Full Theatrical Reading

Complete Text

The Merchant of Venice

Note. The numbers in the title refer to the play number (3.16) and publication year (1596), which Wikipedia noted based on the Oxford chronology.