This book is part of a book series called Heinemann Shakespeare .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 264 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters:

• The story of the play
• Background to the play
• Shakespeare's theatre
• Shakespeare's language
• The Merchant of Venice
• Characters
• Act 1
• Act 2
• Act 3
• Act 4
• Act 5
• Plot summary
• Explorations
• Character
• Drama and performance
• Themes and issues
• Writing about The Merchant of Venice
• Writing tasks and questions
• Glossary