Shylock is the principal antagonist of William Shakespeare's play ''The Merchant of Venice''. Shylock may also refer to: * ''Shylock'' (Fauré), incidental music by Gabriel Fauré * ''Shylock'' (1940 film), a 1940 Indian Tamil-language film * ''Shylock'' (2020 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Shylock'' (play), a monologue by Mark Leiren-Young, premiered 1996 *''Shylock'', a one-man play by

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, premiered 1998 * ''Shylock'' (musical), a 1987 musical based on ''The Merchant of Venice'' *Shylock, a slang term for a

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* Shylock (band), a 1970s French

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band similar in style to

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