The Barons Men present Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice at Richard Garriotts Curtain Theater, the only Elizabethan style theater in Austin, Texas. We approach this tragicomedy as one in which there are no paragons of virtue or unqualified villains. Shakespeares Venice becomes a microcosm of our own world, populated with imperfect people whose natures are as changeable as quicksilver.