The Merchant of Venice (opera) In his will he left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in productions of "Hamlet". Tchaikowsky met the theatre director John O'Brien in 1968 and they agreed to attempt an opera on "The Merchant". O'Brien has noted "At first it seemed odd that [Tchaikowsky], as a Jew, would want to take Shylock on, particularly at a time when there was a feeling that Shakespeare was anti-Semitic, which is a nonsensical thing anyway." Most of the opera was written by 1978, and following discussions with the music critic Hans Keller, Tchaikowsky decided to submit it for consideration to
S&S 34 and Jesse Martin in "Lionheart" (1999-2000). Sixteen-year-old Australian Jessica Watson completed a round the world trip in the S&S 34 "Ella's Pink Lady" on May 15, 2010. Quadriplegic sailor Jamie Dunross completed a circumnavigation of Australia in his S&S 34 "Spirit of Rockingham" on 25 July 2010. Similar sailboats S&S 34 S&S 34 is a cruising and racing fibreglass monohull sailboat class. It was based on a design by Olin Stephens from Sparkman and Stephens after a commission from British yachtsman Michael Winfield. The design features a skeg-hung rudder and a Bermuda rig with a large, overlapping headsail. The prototype