Sir Peter Hall and Abba Eban

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Michael Freedland talks to director Sir Peter Hall about his new production of The Merchant of Venice, starring Dustin Hoffman as Shylock, and whether the play is anti-Semitic. He also talks to Israel’s former foreign minister, Abba Eban, about his memories of the country’s first president, Chaim Weizmann. This is a programme from the BBC archive, originally broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1980s. Aspects of the programme reflect the time when it was made, the sound quality is at times poor and due to rights considerations, the music may be shorter than in the original programme.