A comedy of manners billed as a sequel to "Merchant of Venice." Portia’s marriage to Bassanio, portrayed here as an Irish-Catholic jock, hasn’t gotten off the ground, so to speak. The union hasn’t been consummated yet. Bassanio has been too busy, shooting hoops and drinking a few brews with the boys.
And Antonio, the merchant himself, is played as a mournful, opera-loving homosexual who pines hopelessly for Bassanio.