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Examples
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When the curtain finally went down on the last performance of the play the committee were almost too tired to realize that they were through, and Katherine Kittredge, alias Gratiano, sank down on the nearest grassy knoll (made of green cambric) and expressed the universal sentiments of the cast.
Betty Wales Senior Margaret Warde
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Other standouts include Vince Nappo as the likeable Lorenzo, Ted Schneider as the hilarious corporate frat-boy Gratiano, and Jonathan Epstein as the morally-ambiguous "Merchant" Antonio.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Other standouts include Vince Nappo as the likeable Lorenzo, Ted Schneider as the hilarious corporate frat-boy Gratiano, and Jonathan Epstein as the morally-ambiguous "Merchant" Antonio.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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And when Bassiano and Gratiano (a lively Jesse L. Martin) break their vows to their lovers Portia (Lily Rabe) and Nerissa (Marsha Stephanie Blake) so soon, so easily, you can feel their disappointment.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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And when Bassiano and Gratiano (a lively Jesse L. Martin) break their vows to their lovers Portia (Lily Rabe) and Nerissa (Marsha Stephanie Blake) so soon, so easily, you can feel their disappointment.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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Or that the name of the Gratiano manque, Amitabh, conveys the character's obsession with old-school larger-than-life masculinity Sinatra in this case, being also the name of Amitabh Bachchan, the Man's Man of 20th Century Bollywood.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007
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Antonio and Bassanio Devendra and Jitendra become Hindus, along with Portia, Nerissa, Gratiano, Launcelot, and one or two others.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007
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Shylock has a bond promising Antonio's life and Gratiano tries to get him to drop it.
general question for the parents out there.... drewshi 2006
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Gratiano to Shylock, who refuses to spare Antonio's life when Antonio cannot repay the money he has borrowed.
Shakespeare's Insult 3 January kradical 2006
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Gratiano, nobleman of Venice, brother of Brabantio.
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